On Jan 4, 9:57 am, The Translucent Amoebae <transamoe...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> 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.
The Basic language probably reached it's peak of actual
use when deployed on computers that only had text shells
as their primary interface (Apple II, C64, BBC, PC-XT,
etc.) A lot of kids learned to program on such, perhaps
more than with the so-called "friendlier" GUI IDEs.
Chipmunk Basic is "Unix Shell Friendly":
http://www.nicholson.com/rhn/basic
IMHO. YMMV.
--
rhn A.T nicholson d.0.t C-o-M
|
