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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/10/2024 6:54 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 23:28:29 +0000, Chris Townley wrote:
>> 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.

>> Have you ever used DEC/Compaq/HP basic?
> 
> I think so, yes. It very much tried to emulate the interactive BASIC-PLUS
> environment from RSTS/E, as I recall (right down to the “Ready” prompt).

VMS Basic is compiled just like Fortran, Cobol, Pascal and C.

Same is VB.NET.

And PowerBasic.

And FreeBASIC.

>> I maintained and developed an ERP system consisting of well over a
>> million lines of code, which worked well to support our business
> 
> So you got it to work, back in the day. Nowadays, there are easier ways of
> achieving the same thing. For one thing, you would have many existing
> libraries to draw on, instead of having to write all that code yourself.

The world has evolved.

Arne