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Information => Open Forum => Topic started by: JRS on February 14, 2014, 02:43:13 AM

Title: What BASIC should be
Post by: JRS on February 14, 2014, 02:43:13 AM

I would like to create a chart of what features BASIC programmers feel are the most important in a BASIC language. Once everyone submits what features are important to them, a list could be generated with a rating system of 1 to 5 as to how well a BASIC language addresses that feature. Authors and advocates could respond to the list with how their BASIC project fulfills those requirements.

Maybe it would stop the inter-language bickering and more folks would migrate to a language instead of always trying to create their own.

Your thoughts?

 

Title: Re: What BASIC should be
Post by: JRS on February 14, 2014, 10:08:47 AM

Here is my list.

• Cross platform and 32 / 64 bit.
• The language realizes I have something to do and all my time shouldn't be spent declaring things and getting my environment setup.
• A string / memory manager that is transparent and just works.
• An extensible and open method of expanding the language.
• Open source or a responsive developer that doesn't let things sit.
• An honest and open dialog about where the BASIC is today and where it's going.

Title: Re: What BASIC should be
Post by: Haim on February 15, 2014, 12:02:42 AM

Hello,
I find this thread very important. The I agree with the list, but IMHO most of it is not BASIC specific.
I don't feel qualified to add anything here myself, but I hope to see the issues of verbosity vs. conciseness, allowable styles etc. addressed too.

Title: Re: What BASIC should be
Post by: Charles Pegge on February 15, 2014, 01:53:19 AM

I've got a suspicion that, from the user's point of view at least, the IDE is more important than the language. Beyond simple text-based i/o, operating system interfaces have become very large and complex, requiring a substantial knowledge-base to assist the programmer.

So maybe the focus should be on BASIC development tools and environments.

Title: Re: What BASIC should be
Post by: JRS on February 15, 2014, 09:04:00 AM

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I've got a suspicion that, from the user's point of view at least, the IDE is more important than the language.

What people want and what they need may not be the same thing. My advice is follow what drives you and keep an open ear.

Title: Re: What BASIC should be
Post by: Aurel on February 26, 2014, 10:48:28 AM

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I've got a suspicion that, from the user's point of view at least, the IDE is more important than the language

Well ...some people like to use solid or useful IDE with programming language and
i like to use IDE insted of  for example Notepad.
For example ASciEdit is very primitive editor but with some extra work can be transformed
into really good IDE.  ;)