Re: Rewrite BASIC language today?

On Apr 26, 6:58=A0pm, "ca...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> When did I say BBC BASIC is bloated?

You didn't.  I was responding to your comment that "In some ways
Liberty BASIC is already too
big", the implication being (as I read it) that size was one reason
for not adding features like sup****t for C++ APIs.  My point was that
providing such sup****t (which BBC BASIC for Windows does) is possible
without bloating the language.

A fairly fundamental difference between the two dialects is that BBC
BASIC contains just one keyword for accessing Windows; sup****t for
dialog boxes, controls, menus, toolbars etc. is not built into the
language itself but is provided by libraries.  In contrast LB has much
of this functionality built into the language.  I suspect the origins
of this difference in approach are historical: Liberty Basic
presumably never went through a phase of having to fit in a 16 Kbyte
ROM!

Richard.
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