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Terminal.GUI looks fun. However, I recall writing basically the same functionality as a QuickBasic library back in the DOS days. It's funny how things go full

Terminal.GUI looks fun. However, I recall writing basically the same functionality as a QuickBasic library back in the DOS days. It's funny how things go full circle.

qz2 6y ago
Wait until these kids see Visual Basic for MSDOS!
- JdeBP 6y ago
  Wait until the DOS programmers see that Windows Forms programs can output to a console as well. (-: * https://github.com/jdebp/terminal-tests/blob/master/PowerShell/Worm.ps1 https://github.com/jdebp/terminal-tests/blob/master/PowerShe...
  - qz2 6y ago
    I feel a little sick looking at that :)
herodoturtle 6y ago
This comment put a smile on my face, because reverse engineering Gorillas' QBasic source in DOS 6.22 was my first foray into programming. Good times.
- 20thCB 6y ago
  Gorillas.bas :-) Remember it well. Chucking bananas was fun!
- fatnoah 6y ago
  Wow, did that dig up a memory that I haven't pondered in a long, long, long time!
- y-c-o-m-b 6y ago
  My dad basically tricked me into learning programming through Gorilla. "How about instead of playing games I show you how to MODIFY the games?" and I took the bait.
dleslie 6y ago
QuickBasic is still a thing! https://www.qbasic.net/ https://www.qbasic.net/ https://www.qb64.org/ https://www.qb64.org/