On Sun Aug-13-2017 09:56, Joe Delahaye (1:249/303) wrote to Roger Nelson:

I still use some basic scripts. I kept GWBasic in my Utils
directory

I don't.

They worked, so why reinvent the wheel <G>

Because it's not IBM BASIC.

It's like shopping for Head & Shoulders shampoo for oily scalp --
you can't see the forest for the trees.

Yes and everyone of them has its adherents.

What do you mean?

Sorry that answer was supposed to go as an answer for the various programming languages.

Greek to me still.


Regards,

Roger
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Re: Card trick or back to basics
By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sun Aug 13 2017 21:26:25

I still use some basic scripts. I kept GWBasic in my Utils
directory

I don't.

They worked, so why reinvent the wheel <G>

Because it's not IBM BASIC.

No, its better <G>. I dont think that IBM wrote Basic, nor DOS. That was all M$. I know there were diffrent versions of Basic. I used on on the CoCo.

It's like shopping for Head & Shoulders shampoo for oily scalp --
you can't see the forest for the trees.

Yes and everyone of them has its adherents.

What do you mean?

Sorry that answer was supposed to go as an answer for the various
programming languages.

Greek to me still.

I have to think back, but there was a statement made in this thread about there being various languages and you couldn't learn all of them.


Joe
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On 2017 Aug 14 21:24:34, you wrote to Roger Nelson:

Because it's not IBM BASIC.

No, its better <G>. I dont think that IBM wrote Basic, nor DOS. That
was all M$. I know there were diffrent versions of Basic. I used on
on the CoCo.

[quote]
BASIC stands for "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." Originally
designed as an interactive mainframe timesharing language by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz in 1963, it became widely used on personal computers everywhere. On IBM's first "family" computer, the PCJr, a BASIC cartridge was a popular add-on. Because of its simplicity, BASIC has frequently been used in teaching the introductory concepts of programming with a working language.
[/quote]

one of my clients in virginia had a timeshare machine... not a huge mainframe but more of what they called a mini... WxLxH maybe 3'x4'x4' in size... BASIC was it's OS... t'was quite fun to play with...

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Re: Card trick or back to basics
By: mark lewis to Joe Delahaye on Tue Aug 15 2017 07:59:04

Because it's not IBM BASIC.

No, its better <G>. I dont think that IBM wrote Basic, nor DOS.
That was all M$. I know there were diffrent versions of Basic. I
used on on the CoCo.

[quote]
BASIC stands for "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code." Originally
designed as an interactive mainframe timesharing language by John Kemeney and Thomas Kurtz in 1963, it became widely used on personal computers everywhere. On IBM's first "family" computer, the PCJr, a BASIC cartridge was a popular add-on. Because of its simplicity, BASIC has frequently been used in teaching the introductory concepts of programming with a working language.
[/quote]

The first PC clone, I ever had and built completely from scratch (no populated MB or peripherals) had a basic chip. I eventually removed it when I got a 5MB HD <G> and installed Dos.


Joe
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On Mon Aug-14-2017 21:24, Joe Delahaye (1:249/303) wrote to Roger Nelson:

Re: Card trick or back to basics
By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Sun Aug 13 2017 21:26:25

I still use some basic scripts. I kept GWBasic in my Utils
directory

I don't.

They worked, so why reinvent the wheel <G>

Because it's not IBM BASIC.

No, its better <G>. I dont think that IBM wrote Basic, nor DOS.
That was all M$. I know there were diffrent versions of Basic. I
used on on the CoCo.

I think you're right, but I awlwwo thing that the IBM programmers colluded.

It's like shopping for Head & Shoulders shampoo for oily scalp --
you can't see the forest for the trees.

Yes and everyone of them has its adherents.

What do you mean?

Sorry that answer was supposed to go as an answer for the various
programming languages.

Greek to me still.

I have to think back, but there was a statement made in this thread
about there being various languages and you couldn't learn all of
them.

I believe I wrote that. I have to be really interested in something to learn it.


Regards,

Roger
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Re: Card trick or back to basics
By: Roger Nelson to Joe Delahaye on Tue Aug 15 2017 20:56:00

No, its better <G>. I dont think that IBM wrote Basic, nor DOS.
That was all M$. I know there were diffrent versions of Basic. I
used on on the CoCo.

I think you're right, but I awlwwo thing that the IBM programmers colluded.

mark answered about that. Seems that Basic is much older and predates DOS for PC

It's like shopping for Head & Shoulders shampoo for oily scalp --
you can't see the forest for the trees.

Yes and everyone of them has its adherents.

What do you mean?

Sorry that answer was supposed to go as an answer for the various
programming languages.

Greek to me still.

I have to think back, but there was a statement made in this thread
about there being various languages and you couldn't learn all of
them.

I believe I wrote that. I have to be really interested in something to learn it.

I thought you did <G>


Joe
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