[PLUG] Closest Linux BASIC to "Darthmouth BASIC"

[Richard Owlett]

On 02/26/2021 02:21 AM, Russell Senior wrote:
> I'm not sure why you are asking on PLUG.

Basically {no pun intended} because this group tends to answer the 
question actually asked. On debian-user I had asked which of the BASICs 
in the repository was closest to Dartmouth BASIC I was told not to even 
consider using any Basic.

> I googled, like a person would.
> 
> https://www.dartmouth.edu/basicfifty/basic.html
> 
> When I asked for context, it was really to try to pin down what you
> were looking for. Dartmouth Basic came in a bunch of versions,
> including a commercialization called TrueBasic
> http://www.truebasic.com/.
> 
> Is there some version in particular you are looking for? It is quite
> possible there is an old big-iron simulator you could run some
> original version on, complete with DTSS. ... and 30 seconds more
> looking: http://www.dtss.org/dtss/
> 
> On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 12:06 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
>>
>> On 02/25/2021 06:42 PM, Russell Senior wrote:
>>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2021 at 2:55 PM Richard Owlett <rowlett at cloud85.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I need approximation of "Dartmouth BASIC".
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth_BASIC
>>>
>>> More context please.
>>
>> 'Cause it is what I want. <GRIN>
>> Actually it's the only BASIC I ever used and it is a good match for a
>> peculiar project.
>>
>>>
>>>> Please don't reply unless CORC, CUPL, or 026 in your experience.
>>>
>>> Too late!
>>>
>>    That was only there to discourage youngsters trying to sell me on the
>> latest interpreter du jour :}
>>
>>
>>
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