first, I'd like to say kudo's to john for his time and energy in the basic programming arena. one of these days when I have some spare time, I'd like to familiarize myself with SB and use it a little =)
back in the 80's I used a little machine language to add some commands and enhancements to atari basic. nothing as grand as frank ostrowski's turbo basic xl, but it was mine. I have yearned deeply ever since to develop my own basic interpreter. but I just never have the time. my job and family commitments use all the spare time I have. but perhaps someday...
some thoughts I have along those lines are: android os with system and event support, support for all farm types, and the kicker: nested subs. there are no basic apps on the play store that have these features. nested subs would give the coder a flexability akin to poor mans objects, and combined with the ability to alias imported files, would give the community the ability to easily share code segments and incorporate them as subs (ie. wrapped in sub / end sub) and code re-usability would go thru the roof. add in the ability to compile to an apk file and you've really got something! I was also thinking it'd be nice to be able to call any android object in the system natively from within the interpreter, but that'd be a real challenge. imagine drag n drop game engines.
john, sorry I've been absent. I really enjoyed our private chats. feel free to shout out anytime!
jesse
