I kind of like the uppercase keywords of older programming languages, it makes the non-code parts standout more, probably even more important before syntax highlighting became common
Ditto the ST equivalent STOS. Amiga owning friends preferred Blitz BASIC though. Unfortunately, due to one Dijkstra quote about it, people tend to be quite snobbish about BASIC.
This is neat! I know it's not really the point but I would like to see some shallow benchmarks, I'm curious what perf (if any) is lost building like this.
My very first apps were written in LibertyBASIC, almost 30 years ago. I learned how to pirate things because the borland compiler required to share my creations with my friends was $299, which was a lot of money back then.
I kind of like the uppercase keywords of older programming languages, it makes the non-code parts standout more, probably even more important before syntax highlighting became common
Nice. A BASIC for game development takes me back to AMOS on the Commodore Amiga.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMOS_(programming_language)
And the ST equivalent, STOS:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STOS_BASIC
There's a modernised build:
https://atariscne.org/news/index.php/stos-basic-v5-5-alpha-t...
And a modern descendant, AOZ Studio:
https://www.aoz.studio/
Ditto the ST equivalent STOS. Amiga owning friends preferred Blitz BASIC though. Unfortunately, due to one Dijkstra quote about it, people tend to be quite snobbish about BASIC.
Oh wow, I loved AMOS - it is what got me seriously into programming in the first place.
This reminds me immensely of DARK Basic built by The Game Creators. It was how I got my start into programming back in the day.
This is neat! I know it's not really the point but I would like to see some shallow benchmarks, I'm curious what perf (if any) is lost building like this.
My very first apps were written in LibertyBASIC, almost 30 years ago. I learned how to pirate things because the borland compiler required to share my creations with my friends was $299, which was a lot of money back then.