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Old Basics had quite impressive debugging features. It had breakpoints (STOP), you were able to inspect and change the content of the variables, change code bef
by xkriva11 6y ago
Old Basics had quite impressive debugging features. It had breakpoints (STOP), you were able to inspect and change the content of the variables, change code before or after the breakpoint - and even on the same line - and then CONTINUE from the interruption point. Even ZX80 with 4 KiB of ROM (Basic + OS routines + 0.5 KiB character table) was able to do that (except modification of the same line because it had one command per line only)
- jmmv 6y agoThey indeed are. As I keep referring to the Locomotive BASIC manual and the QuickBASIC builtin help to implement my version, I'm amazed at how many features those had. Especially the latter was a great IDE even when compared to today's standards.
- Doctor_Fegg 6y agoLocomotive was a great dialect. Fully featured and consistent with few of the arcane incantations that other 8-bit BASICs had.