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Introducing Small Basic - Microsoft releases yet another programming language
- petercooper 18y agoAn alternative: http://hacketyhack.net/ http://hacketyhack.net/ Small Basic appears to have a rather clunky syntax, despite having a very small number of keywords and built-in methods. These odd little bits of syntax can throw newbies off.
- epall 18y agoWow! So Microsoft is now feeling threatened by _why? I didn't realize he was quite that important!
- dbrush 18y agoHere is a bit of history on the language. http://blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/archive/2008/10/23/hello-world.aspx http://blogs.msdn.com/smallbasic/archive/2008/10/23/hello-wo...
- thwarted 18y agoI've found that it's rarely, if ever, the number of keywords that directly contributes to the complexity of a language, but the size and accessibility of the standard library. Look how easy it is to set the desktop background image! You just need to know that the SetWallPaper method of the Desktop object needs to be invoked! Admittedly, it is the small, quick successes that lead to further interest in programming. Setting the desktop background image is the Hello World of GUI apps.
- tuukkah 18y agoEarlier discussion here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=341997 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=341997
- Hexstream 18y agoReminds me of Popeye cigarettes...