[Info-vax] BASIC (was Re: 64-bit)

[Chris Townley]

On 10/01/2024 20:17, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 13:07:04 -0500, mjos_examine wrote:
> 
>> ... I think BASIC did have a pretty good
>> run in the 90's and early 2000's, particularly on the Windows desktop
>> platform.
> 
> It had a role on 1980s micros, I’ll grant you that. The ability to switch
> on and start typing code made for quite a productive environment: type a
> statement with a line number to add it to your in-memory program, or
> without to execute the line immediately.
> 
> Nowadays, Jupyter notebooks offer a more modern environment for such
> incremental, even scratchpad-style programming. And Python is a more
> modern language without the limitations of BASIC.

Have you ever used DEC/Compaq/HP basic?

It is unlike the early home computer Basic. In its day it was a modern 
highly structured language - which was of course compiled.

I maintained and developed an ERP system consisting of well over a 
million lines of code, which worked well to support our business

-- 
Chris