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Tic80 is great but Pico8 is better if you can afford it. And yeah, for a while I avoided strings in QBasic because I didn't have any clue how thread or yarn or
by 90s_dev 1y ago
Tic80 is great but Pico8 is better if you can afford it.
And yeah, for a while I avoided strings in QBasic because I didn't have any clue how thread or yarn or whatever had anything to do with writing programs.
- Sharlin 1y agoI remember being confused why the Pascal/Delphi fractional numbers were called Single, Double, and Real. Like what did those words have to do with being able to use the decimal point?
- EvanAnderson 1y agoSharing fun kid computer misconceptions: I used a version of BASIC on my father's accounting computer that had an error message which included the word "ILLEGAL" (I forget what it was, exactly). I always assumed it had something to do with tax laws and the computer warning you not to break them.
- 3036e4 1y agoIn what ways? I paid for both, but I only use TIC-80 since I prefer open source and it has a FreeBSD port. I am also not sure if PICO8 supports alternative languages like Fennel or Janet as well as TIC-80 does?
- 90s_dev 1y agoThere's just something more polished, aesthetic and functional about the choice of limitations pico8 offers, whereas tic80 encourages decision paralysis.