SpecBAS does sound like something you cough up On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 10:42 AM, Marcos Cruz <[email protected]> wrote:
> En/Je/On 2012-02-28 09:10, Malcolm Lear escribió / skribis / wrote : > > > On 27/02/2012 12:38, Marcos Cruz wrote: > > >I forgot to mention the SpecBAS project by Paul Dunn ( > http://specbas.co.uk). > > > Its interesting it support procedures and functions the same way as > > SBasic. Clearly the author has used a QL. > > I'm not sure about that. I think the main influence comes from an old good > alternative BASIC for ZX Spectrum: Beta BASIC by Andy Wright (and its > descendants SAM BASIC and MasterBASIC for the SAM Coupé, by the same > Author). > > The proc syntax is almost the same, though Beta BASIC do it better: it > calls > procs by name (like S*BASIC), while SpecBAS needs the word PROC. The DO > LOOP > structures are also the same; though Beta BASIC do it better too: it lets > UNTIL and WHILE at both DO and LOOP in any possible combination, while > SpecBAS > so far only lets "DO WHILE - LOOP" or "DO -- LOOP UNTIL". > > Remember SpecBAS is still alpha and evolving. It seems it will become a > useful > and multiplatform language -- with a nice retro feeling. > > Marcos > > -- > http://programandala.net > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
