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Am I missing something? If I understand, it doesn't emulate the Z80 processor? And it depends on some "extension" ( http://litdev.co.uk/ http://litdev.co.uk/ )
by acqq 11y ago
Am I missing something? If I understand, it doesn't emulate the Z80 processor? And it depends on some "extension" ( http://litdev.co.uk/ http://litdev.co.uk/ ) not just "Small Basic." And I can't find the link to the source to get the idea how the code looks like.
And for my taste Small Basic appears ugly for a beginner's language, the "Hello World" is:
TextWindow.WriteLine("Hello World")
Compare that to
PRINT "Hello World"
from the old times. I consider the later much much nicer.
- teh_klev 11y agoI think this is it here: http://smallbasic.com/program/?DNP796 http://smallbasic.com/program/?DNP796 or here: http://smallbasic.com/smallbasic.com/program/?RHB445-0 http://smallbasic.com/smallbasic.com/program/?RHB445-0 The blog entry links to this forum discussion: https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1e8c53bb-7974-47ef-9d48-7367931b4fac/small-basic-graphic-and-animations-and-more?forum=smallbasic https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/1e8c53bb-7974... From what I can see each program has a code (DNP796 or RHB445-0 - which is mentioned in the above blog article) which you can look up on: http://smallbasic.com/smallbasic.com/program/ http://smallbasic.com/smallbasic.com/program/
- acqq 11y agoThanks. So it just makes a Spectrum-like environment with some new version of Basic in it? And it seems that Small Basic can't even define a function, only a parameter-less subroutine? In spite of TextWindow.WriteLine() notation.
- teh_klev 11y agoNot tried it to be honest, I'd run out of energy by the time I looked up all this, then saw the code, sucked in air sharply between my teeth, then decided I'd better things to do.
- sigzero 11y agoI just flipped through the tutorial and the "TextWindow.WriteLine" philosophy is used throughout the language. Want to write to a UI, it's "GraphicWindow". So for "standards" sake, I think it is ok. The tutorial was pretty good and it's a simple language. Ultimately the original is simpler.