So like all the BASICS, it is interpreted as it is run.
Not quite the same. Yes- superBasic runs uncompiled but errors only show
when they
are encountered.
Python (and perl - my preference) compiles first, syntax errors show then
and it stops
with error display - often wildly confusing if things lke closing quotes
(or a dreaded ';' in
Perl) is missed. Only if it compiles does it run the program.
It will be interesting to see whether this happens, and which computer
languages actually
then get used.
One of the really great features of python is no {} structure or
semi-colons - it relies on indenting.
This imposes good layout, which I in fact always attempt in perl ( and C).
This all sounds very interesting and possibly a fairly straightforward
language for S*BASIC users to learn. I notice there's versions of Python for
Windows as well as Linux etc. Anyone know if a Python program written on one
platform such as Windows, be run on another such as Linux? Guess if the
programs are written and saved using a text editor there's a chance this
might be possible, although probably endian issues might arise with numbers,
for example? Admittedly I know nothing about Python (yet... - it looks
interesting)
I always thought it was a pity superBasic demanded line numbers. They were
not actually necessary,
and if GOTO did not exist, not even used.
I think QLiberator at least can compile without line numbers (never actually
tried that). Perhaps George could tell us if Turbo can too.
GOTO and GOSUB are one thing, you can usually do without them. What about
RESTORE line_number though?
Dilwyn
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