The Translucent Amoebae expounded in
news:ce3a28f8-9b51-439b-b00d-a994ac38e913@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> On Jan 4, 10:27 am, Charmed Snark <sn...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> The Translucent Amoebae expounded in news:0d8a898d-ec7c-4a96-a42a-
>> 9e4fc59f4...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> > 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
>> ...
>> > The moment that i read: "Unix Shell Friendly", i knew that it was
>> > NOT going to be AT ALL Friendly.
>>
>> So you'd prefer it to be UNIX UN-friendly? ;-)
>
> My point was; If they have to mention it, it's going to be trouble.
Not necessarily. The fact that a manufacturer of automobiles only
warrantees the driver train for x amount of miles, doesn't imply that it
will fail at mile x+1, or x + a few. Or the fact that they mention it,
doesn't mean the drive train is a problem (which is the point you're
making).
If you ever worked with MICOS BASIC (from which this interpreter was
inspired), then you know that it was not only non-unix friendly, but if
it (or an emulator) were ever made available for Windows/DOS, it would
also be unfriendly there. So this is a distingui****ng point from MICOS
BASIC and bears mentioning.
Yes, I mentioned UNIX, but it could equally apply to the DOS prompt,
which is in itself a form of a shell though inferior in functionality.
One place where the "UNIX" applies is in the PRINT statements. This
BASIC interpreter can print to standard output or standard error by
suitable use of a file unit number within the program (these are not the
only possibilities, but let's keep this simple). Some BASICs are unable
to allow that kind of linkage between file units in the program and file
units within the shell.
Of course, the use of this feature is optional: if you find it
complicated, you do not have to make use of it. Just do a "normal"
print.
Warren.
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