On Jan 3, 10:53 am, Charmed Snark <sn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> This is a new Open Sourced BASIC interpreter,
> using the Berkeley DB, focused on:
>
> 1. Simple to program (for non-programmers)
> 2. Powerful database statements
> 3. UNIX shell friendly
> 4. Business (SOHO) feature focused
> 5. "Function" over "speed"
> 6. *NOT* another VB
>
> This interpreter was initially inspired by
> MICOS BASIC and borrows a few ideas from
> the Ada95 language.
>
> Some of the language features include:
>
> - Sup****t for fixed and varying length strings
> - SHORT/DIM and LONG data types
> - Limited RECORD sup****t
> - Strongly typed enumerated data types
> - Indexed Databases, Tables, Sequences, and Cursors
> - Any number of secondary indexes (at this time
> all indexes must be unique)
> - Sequential files
> - C language bitwise and ****ft operators
>
> The Wiki URL for project & language information
> is available here:
>
> http://bdbbasic.wiki.sourceforge.net
>
> There is an alpha file release available, but it
> will likely only succesfully build on cygwin or
> Linux (on Intel) at this time. It currently
> lacks autoconf/automake sup****t and will have
> alignment issues on alignment fussy platforms
> (like HP, Sun or the old Dec Alpha).
>
> The current file release includes nearly full
> database functionality, simple terminal (text) I/O.
>
> See the file README for instructions. File TODO
> outlines some of the major items that are not yet
> sup****ted.
>
> The next planned release will include curses (ncurses)
> sup****t.
>
> Warren.
>
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The moment that i read: "Unix Shell Friendly", i knew that it was NOT
going to be AT ALL Friendly.
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