Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-19 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Steven D'Aprano steveource.com.au wrote: COMEFROM on the other hand is just the purest evil imaginable. *grin* - I expect you say this because it is a bit like COBOL's alter - you cannot *see* it in place when you read the code, and the effect is only apparent at run time after the distant

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-19 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Aaron Brady casti.@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 18, 4:44 am, Hendrik van Rooyen m...@microcorp.co.za wrote: to untangle some spaghetti code. He did not mention if the spaghetti was actually doing it's job, bug free, which IMO is the only rational test for the quality of a piece I don't use

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-19 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
BJörn Lindqvist b...@gmail.com wrote: I can somewhat sympathise with the op, neither python nor any other mainstream language can still do this: SCREEN 13 PSET 160,100,255 Oh come on! Don't be like that! Tell us what it does, please. - Hendrik --

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-19 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
Mensanator mens...@aol.com wrote: 8 -- description of bugs in spaghetti --- Looks like that design really needed sorting out! A programmer once said to me Why should I run it, I know how it works, I wrote it. Are you serious? In my opinion, anybody who says this is not a

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-19 Thread Aaron Brady
On Apr 19, 3:05 am, Hendrik van Rooyen m...@microcorp.co.za wrote:  Aaron Brady casti.@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 18, 4:44 am, Hendrik van Rooyen m...@microcorp.co.za wrote: to untangle some spaghetti code. He did not mention if the spaghetti was actually doing it's job, bug free, which

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-19 Thread Scott David Daniels
Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: Mensanator mens...@aol.com wrote: 8 -- description of bugs in spaghetti --- Looks like that design really needed sorting out! A programmer once said to me Why should I run it, I know how it works, I wrote it. Are you serious? In my opinion,

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-19 Thread Mensanator
On Apr 19, 3:51�am, Hendrik van Rooyen m...@microcorp.co.za wrote: Mensanator mens...@aol.com wrote: 8 -- description of bugs in spaghetti --- Looks like that design really needed sorting out! Since I was translating to Pascal, I couldn't emulate that code if I wanted to.

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-19 Thread Mensanator
On Apr 19, 10:12�am, Scott David Daniels scott.dani...@acm.org wrote: Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: Mensanator mens...@aol.com wrote: 8 -- description of bugs in spaghetti --- Looks like that design really needed sorting out! A programmer once said to me Why should I

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-18 Thread Hendrik van Rooyen
baykus b..@gmail.com wrote: I guess I did not articulate myself well enough. I was just looking for a toy to play around. I never suggested that Python+Basic would be better than Python and everyone should use it. Python is Python and Basic is Basic. I am not comparing them at all. I

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-18 Thread Aaron Brady
On Apr 18, 4:44 am, Hendrik van Rooyen m...@microcorp.co.za wrote: baykus b..@gmail.com wrote: I guess I did not articulate myself well enough. I was just looking for a toy to play around. I never suggested that Python+Basic would be better than Python and everyone should use it. Python

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-18 Thread Brian Blais
On Apr 18, 2009, at 5:44 , Hendrik van Rooyen wrote: baykus b..@gmail.com wrote: I guess I did not articulate myself well enough. I was just looking for a toy to play around. I never suggested that Python+Basic would be better than Python and everyone should use it. Python is Python

Re: Is there a programming language that is combination of Python andBasic?

2009-04-18 Thread Mensanator
On Apr 18, 4:44 am, Hendrik van Rooyen m...@microcorp.co.za wrote: baykus b..@gmail.com wrote: I guess I did not articulate myself well enough. I was just looking for a toy to play around. I never suggested that Python+Basic would be better than Python and everyone should use it. Python