On Fri, Dec 15, 2017 at 9:29 AM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 12/15/2017 08:47 AM, John Sechrest wrote:
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>> What is the goal of the basic?
>>
>
> Chuckle. I intentionally capitalized BASIC to be recognized as an acronym.
>
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>> Just dinking around?
>>
>
> BASIC is the appropriate tool. E.G. it's silly and often counter
> productive to use a cannon for an annoying mosquito.
>
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>> Or creating value of some kind?
>>
>
> Value for me.
>
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>> Or solving some particular problem?
>>
>
> Actually a loosely defined set of problems.
> I've often wished for BASIC to write a simple script.
> There are a proliferate plethora of corpulent Basic's out there.
>
> I know there are tools aimed at scripts. HOWEVER I know and am comfortable
> with { "new" <> "better" }
>
>
>> The default language that I point purple to is JavaScript, since it is so
>> ubiquitous and since it solves many problems in the default user interface
>> these days.
>>
>> It looks like there are three versions of basic transpired to JavaScript
>>
>> https://github.com/jashkenas/CoffeeScript/wiki/List-of-langu
>> ages-that-compile-to-JS
>>
>> So JavaScript has some versitility
>>
>
> I avoid Java and JavaScript.
> 95% of what I do could easily be done on a 64k 8080 machine.
> [I do avail myself of the capabilities of my 64bit GHz processor with an
> attached 1TB external drive when appropriate.
>
> IOW, the suitable tool for my needs is a tack hammer not a sledgehammer.
>
> smaller is *BETTER*!
>
>
That is debatable. Most of you requirements seem like a personal
preference, which is fine, but it makes it hard for someone to give
advice.
If you like writing programs, I bet you would enjoy Python more after
minimal investment in learning it. You don't need to learn all the OOP,
error handling etc, just the bits that have basic counterparts.
but if that is distasteful, oh well. never mind.
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>> On Dec 15, 2017 6:07 AM, "Richard Owlett" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The thread titled "Learning programming" prompts to ask.
>>>
>>> I'm looking for a _simple_ BASIC, similar to "Dartmouth BASIC" or
>>> "Lawrence Livermore BASIC", to run on my Debian machine. Modern Basic's
>>> are
>>> too powerful and filled with glitter.
>>>
>>> I have mind some simple scripts. I'm learning Tcl which is appropriate
>>> for
>>> most if not all of my needs. But my intro to programming used CORC/CUPL
>>> (Cornell's predecessor of Dartmouth's BASIC) and I would like to use
>>> something I'm fluent in. I wouldn't miss requiring line numbers. I might
>>> even use a GOTO or two. (an elderly owl does expect to duck for cover ;)
>>>
>>> TIA
>>>
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