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The Mac equivalent that I loved was MacBASIC, which was a very elegant BASIC that was structured-programming only – i.e. full procedures and functions with argu
by nxobject 2y ago
The Mac equivalent that I loved was MacBASIC, which was a very elegant BASIC that was structured-programming only – i.e. full procedures and functions with arguments and control structures, no line number and all caps, GOTO based control, etc. Although it came out of Apple it circulated as samizdat for a while among hobbyists and universities.
The history is sad: unfortunately MS bought it out from Apple and killed it so that their (inferior language-wise) MS Basic could rule the roost.
- WillAdams 2y agoYes, for what Bill Gates giveth, he also taketh away: https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html https://www.folklore.org/MacBasic.html I really hope that eventually there is a development tool which is: - cross-platform - easy-to-use - opensource (or at least free) - able to make GUI apps - compliant with accessibility If there is such a tool, I'd be glad to know of it --- Livecode (a HyperCard clone originally published as Runtime Revolution) was the best option until they closed it.