> Perhaps we could help steer the project more towards SBasic by > implementing such things as channels. Has anyone here got the skills, > time and motivation to do this. Our company is considering porting this > to ARM (Raspberry Pi included), but we need to study the licence. If we > do I'll try and make it policy to use SBasic as the programming model to > use when enhancing the language. >
If SBasic or QL is to survive two things have to happen. 1 SBasic license has to change to open source such as GPL. 2 An Emulator such as Uqlx needs to be upgraded to run on the Rasberry PI and Pandora. If these programs are open source then the development will probably happen automatically. Otherwise it will die with us. > > On 27/02/2012 12:38, Marcos Cruz wrote: >> En/Je/On 2012-02-23 10:40, Stephen Usher escribió / skribis / wrote : >>> need for a modern equivalent to the old home computer systems and >>> the BASIC language which came on them. >>> On the home computer front, >>> On the scientific front, >> I forgot to mention the SpecBAS project by Paul Dunn >> (http://specbas.co.uk). >> It's a BASIC interpreter based on the old ZX Spectrum's BASIC, but much >> improved, more powerful and multiplatform. It is still alpha but looks >> quite >> promising. I think it soon will suit the needs you mention. >> >> There are binary packages for Windows, Linux (Intel) and the Pandora's >> Ångström (http://openpandora.org). It's written in Free Pascal and it's >> open >> source, so it can be compiled for other platforms as well. >> >> In fact I'm considering SpecBAS as an alternative to SBASIC for a couple >> of >> game projects under development. The source code conversion would not be >> difficult, and the benefits would be remarkable: wider audience; easier >> programming of sounds and graphics; and the chance to be able to >> contribute to >> an open and evolving project. >> >> Marcos >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > ----------------------------------------- Planet Ink Club is a great way to save money and help the environment. Join today (http://www.planetinkclub.com) This message has been scanned by Supanet for viruses and dangerous content using ClamAV and SpamAssassin. _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
