[PLUG] Need an OLD style BASIC

[Richard Owlett]

On 12/15/2017 08:47 AM, John Sechrest wrote:
> What is the goal of the basic?

Chuckle. I intentionally capitalized BASIC to be recognized as an acronym.

>
> Just dinking around?

BASIC is the appropriate tool. E.G. it's silly and often counter 
productive to use a cannon for an annoying mosquito.

>
> Or creating value of some kind?

Value for me.

>
> Or solving some particular problem?

Actually a loosely defined set of problems.
I've often wished for BASIC to write a simple script.
There are a proliferate plethora of corpulent Basic's out there.

I know there are tools aimed at scripts. HOWEVER I know and am 
comfortable with { "new" <> "better" }

>
> The default language that I point purple to is JavaScript, since it is so
> ubiquitous and since it solves many problems in the default user interface
> these days.
>
> It looks like there are three versions of basic transpired to JavaScript
>
> https://github.com/jashkenas/CoffeeScript/wiki/List-of-languages-that-compile-to-JS
>
> So JavaScript has some versitility

I avoid Java and JavaScript.
95% of what I do could easily be done on a 64k 8080 machine.
[I do avail myself of the capabilities of my 64bit GHz processor with an 
attached 1TB external drive when appropriate.

IOW, the suitable tool for my needs is a tack hammer not a sledgehammer.

smaller is *BETTER*!





>
> On Dec 15, 2017 6:07 AM, "Richard Owlett" <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
>
>> The thread titled "Learning programming" prompts to ask.
>>
>> I'm looking for a _simple_ BASIC, similar to "Dartmouth BASIC" or
>> "Lawrence Livermore BASIC", to run on my Debian machine. Modern Basic's are
>> too powerful and filled with glitter.
>>
>> I have mind some simple scripts. I'm learning Tcl which is appropriate for
>> most if not all of my needs. But my intro to programming used CORC/CUPL
>> (Cornell's predecessor of Dartmouth's BASIC) and I would like to use
>> something I'm fluent in. I wouldn't miss requiring line numbers. I might
>> even use a GOTO or two. (an elderly owl does expect to duck for cover ;)
>>
>> TIA
>>
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