Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: Vintage BASIC 1.0
I've posted a new version, 1.0.1, that has a usage message if you run it with no arguments. There is a package for Windows now (not just a binary) as well as Linux. Both packages include documentation and example programs. Thanks for pointing that out! On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Wolfgang Jeltsch jelt...@informatik.tu-cottbus.de wrote: When running the executable, nothing happens. The executable should show a usage message instead. Where are the BASIC programs? I think, you have to grab them from the source. They should be installed, too. Best wishes, Wolfgang ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: Vintage BASIC 1.0
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:31 AM, Wolfgang Jeltsch jelt...@informatik.tu-cottbus.de wrote: When running the executable, nothing happens. The executable should show a usage message instead. Where are the BASIC programs? I think, you have to grab them from the source. They should be installed, too. Thanks for your feedback, and for checking out Vintage BASIC! I will add a usage message, as you suggested. Currently the usage is only described in the User's Guide. There are no options; you just give it the name of one or more BASIC source files. (Naturally this extends to doing nothing when supplied with zero source files.) The BASIC games are at http://www.vintage-basic.net/games.html. There is a tarball of all the games (bcg.tar.gzhttp://www.vintage-basic.net/downloads/bcg.tar.gz) as well. These are separated from the Vintage BASIC distribution for legal reasons. Vintage BASIC is copyrighted by me under a BSD license. The games were written by many authors and compiled into a book copyrighted by Creative Computing. I have secured permission from the editor to post the games. I do not wish to imply that they are covered by the same license as the interpreter. If anyone has any suggestions as to how to make the process simpler, I'd be happy to hear it. Thanks, Lyle P.S. I need to get my other e-mail account subscribed to this list ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
[Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: Vintage BASIC 1.0
I am pleased to announce the initial release of Vintage BASIC, an interpreter for microcomputer-era BASIC. Fully unit-tested, it faithfully implements the common elements of the language. On the web site, you can find 102 games from the classic book BASIC Computer Games, all of which run flawlessly. Have fun! This is a standalone interpreter, operating on text files. Although not an embedding, like Lennart Augustsson's clever implementation, it does use a custom BASIC monad in order to execute the code. A unique feature of this implementation is that control structures such as FOR are implemented using resumable exceptions: FOR is a handler and NEXT throws an exception. A Developer's Guide is included with the source. This is my first public release of open source software. I have been working on this project since 2003. Home page: http://www.vintage-basic.net Also available on Hackagehttp://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/vintage-basicand patch-tag.com http://patch-tag.com/repo/vintage-basic/home. Please e-mail me at l...@vintage-basic.net with any questions/comments. - Lyle ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] ANNOUNCE: Vintage BASIC 1.0
Well, there goes any productivity I might have had on my spring break... Hurrah for old BASIC games! Lyle Kopnicky wrote: I am pleased to announce the initial release of Vintage BASIC, an interpreter for microcomputer-era BASIC. Fully unit-tested, it faithfully implements the common elements of the language. On the web site, you can find 102 games from the classic book BASIC Computer Games, all of which run flawlessly. Have fun! This is a standalone interpreter, operating on text files. Although not an embedding, like Lennart Augustsson's clever implementation, it does use a custom BASIC monad in order to execute the code. A unique feature of this implementation is that control structures such as FOR are implemented using resumable exceptions: FOR is a handler and NEXT throws an exception. A Developer's Guide is included with the source. This is my first public release of open source software. I have been working on this project since 2003. Home page: http://www.vintage-basic.net Also available on Hackage http://hackage.haskell.org/cgi-bin/hackage-scripts/package/vintage-basic and patch-tag.com http://patch-tag.com/repo/vintage-basic/home. Please e-mail me at l...@vintage-basic.net mailto:l...@vintage-basic.net with any questions/comments. - Lyle ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe begin:vcard fn:Joseph Fredette n:Fredette;Joseph adr:Apartment #3;;6 Dean Street;Worcester;Massachusetts;01609;United States of America email;internet:jfred...@gmail.com tel;home:1-508-966-9889 tel;cell:1-508-254-9901 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:lowlymath.net, humbuggery.net version:2.1 end:vcard ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
