BASIC

[AIR]

Link works for me...

[Mike Lobanovsky]

That's because you're an US resident, Armando. I tried it via my US VPN and it worked for me too this time. (it's a free market, they said... )

Well, you've got a real bargain there, John. You can even play some simpler 3D games now, or try out our ObjReader in flesh.

[John]

or try out our ObjReader in flesh. 

Busted! The real reason I bought it.

[John]

Best Free Linux Home Computer Emulators

This article focuses on software which emulates home computers, a class of personal computer which reached the market in the late 1970s, and became immensely popular in the following decade, selling many millions of units. Leading home computer companies included Commodore, Sinclair, Atari, Apple, Acorn, Tandy Radio Shack, and Amstrad.

Looks like Paul didn't make the list. 

[Mike Lobanovsky]

If (Paul = ZXDunny) Then it should be noted the article covers complete computer emulators rather than the BASIC dialects they used to host. It is my understanding that SpecBAS in its current form is arguably a superset of the then usable dialects that cannot be run as-is in any of those emulators.

IIRC Paul used to be a co-author of one of ZX Spectrum emulators but the development stopped over a decade ago.

Please correct me if I am wrong.

[John]

You're right and I didn't fully understand the extent of the term Home Computer.

 

[John]

You can still download 32-bit versions of Debian, Buntus (Lubuntu, Xubuntu), Mint, Fedora, Slackware. I agree that support for 32-bit is going to disappear eventually, but it hasn't happened yet. I know - I should have replied several months ago, but better late than never.

The only thing that was delaying the demise of 32 bit on Linux was ARM. Most ARM processors are multi-core and 64 bit now. SysWoW64 is the only 32 bit environment that is going to be around for a while.

[Mike Lobanovsky]

Yet another skeleton in the closet at PB Inc. How many more of them are we to see in the future yet?

(Took a screenshot too for my files just in case anybody doesn't like it on the PB forum, and the thread disappears as many more of them did in the past...)

[John]

I have never met anyone more greedy and full of himself than Zale. I don't miss him one bit.

[AIR]

I'm sorry, but I'm not sympathetic to Pearson's plight.

He made a choice to not pursue payment he was due by all means available to him, so now he has to live with that choice.

[John]

It's time to state the obvious - this place is DEAD.  If anyone knows ACTIVE and friendly forums dedicated to hobby programmers, please post the links here. Thanx! Hope to see you there.

Buy yourself a Raspberry Pi and join their forum. They are a 1/4 million strong.

[John]

Yes. Problem is we are trying to describe the infinite detail of the real number line in the finite space of the computer.

But wait, that cannot be. Every schoolboy knows that:

0.3 + 0.3 + 0.3 =

3/10 + 3/10 + 3/10 =

(3 + 3 + 3) / 10 =

9 / 10 =

0.9

Every schoolboy has a finite sized brain so this computation is not impossible to do accurately.

No, fact is, computers cannot do arithmetic.

Schoolboy Mode:  (On)

Code: ScriptBasic

1. PRINT FORMAT("%0.1f",0.3 + 0.3 + 0.3),"\n"
2.  
3. PRINT FORMAT("%0.1f",3/10 + 3/10 + 3/10), "\n"
4.  
5. PRINT FORMAT("%0.1f",(3 + 3 + 3) / 10),"\n"
6.  
7. PRINT FORMAT("%0.1f",9 / 10), "\n"
8.  

jrs@jrs-laptop:~/sb/examples/test$ scriba dotnet.sb
0.9
0.9
0.9
0.9
jrs@jrs-laptop:~/sb/examples/test$

[John]

Lets face it: BASIC is dead.

BASIC Is like programming training wheels that demystifies the fear of coding.

[John]

Lets face it: BASIC is dead.

If BASIC were dead all other languages would have no foundational structure.

[Transdiv]

WoW, they are selling BP.org domain name for US$79,500