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  • RE: Language to Transitio

    From ptaylor@VERT/MB to Jagossel on Wed Oct 3 22:24:00 2018
    I am trying to write a program using FreeBASIC and I hit a limitation ã J> that causes me to consider another langauge to get past said FreeBASIC ã J> limitation. The program that I'm writing is a DOS program and a side ã J> project. At the moment I have two options available: C++ (either DJGPP orã J> Open Watcom) or Free Pascal.ããHiããWhat limitation are you running across. There are some other basicãcompilers out there.ãããã--- MagickaBBS v0.10alpha (Linux/x86_64)ã * Origin: magickabbs.dynu.net 2023 (1:275/201.1)ã
  • From ptaylor@VERT/MB to Digital Man on Wed Oct 3 22:25:00 2018
    Why not just plain-ole C?ããLearning a nother programming lanuage is not easy for everyone. I findãthat Pascal is easer to learn then C.ãããã--- MagickaBBS v0.10alpha (Linux/x86_64)ã * Origin: magickabbs.dynu.net 2023 (1:275/201.1)ã
  • From Jagossel@VERT/MTLGEEK to ptaylor on Thu Oct 4 08:32:12 2018
    Re: RE: Language to Transitioã By: ptaylor to Jagossel on Wed Oct 03 2018 22:24:00ãã > J> I am trying to write a program using FreeBASIC and I hit a limitationã > J> that causes me to consider another langauge to get past said FreeBASICã > J> limitation. The program that I'm writing is a DOS program and a sideã > J> project. At the moment I have two options available: C++ (either DJGPP oã > J> Open Watcom) or Free Pascal.ã > ã > Hiã > ã > What limitation are you running across. There are some other basicã > compilers out there.ããPrimarily, the printing characters not showing on the screen (e.g. TAB,ãBACKSPACE, DELETE, etc.). Turns out, those characters aren't used in the ANSIãfiles to diplay anyways. So, FreeBASIC is behaving the same way as the ANSIãtext file. I noticed other ANSI art programs not using those printingãcharacters either, I just decided to move on with character sets as others haveãas well.ãã-jagãCode it, Script it, Automate it!ããã---ã þ Synchronet þ MtlGeek - Geeks in Montreal - http://mtlgeek.com/ -ã
  • From Lizard King@VERT/RUNDER to ptaylor on Sat Oct 20 01:08:25 2018
    Re: RE: Language to Transitioã By: ptaylor to Digital Man on Wed Oct 03 2018 22:25:00ãã > Learning a nother programming lanuage is not easy for everyone. I findã > that Pascal is easer to learn then C.ããPascal is definitely an easier language to learn than C. It's sort of a dyingãlanguage though.ããI went BASIC -> Pascal -> C -> Perl -> PHP, with many languages inflicted on meãby professors (VAX asm, Modula-3, Prolog, C++) and some little adventures of myãown (TCL/TK, Ruby, Python).ããIf I was starting over from scratch, I think I'd go with Python. It is stillãgaining popularity and is powerful enough to do a lot of useful things on a lotãof different platforms.ããI think Ruby should be used to teach object oriented programming. It is SOãobject-oriented that it's almost awkward to write procedural code in itã(exactly the opposite of most languages that had objects grafted on after theãfact).ãã//lizard_kingãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Retro Underground - retrounderground.org:6423ã
  • From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Lizard King on Mon Oct 22 10:02:58 2018
    Re: RE: Language to Transitioã By: Lizard King to ptaylor on Sat Oct 20 2018 01:08 amãã LK> I think Ruby should be used to teach object oriented programming. It is SOã LK> object-oriented that it's almost awkward to write procedural code in itã LK> (exactly the opposite of most languages that had objects grafted on afterã LK> the fact).ããThat's not necessarily ideal though. Some types of projects might lendãthemselves better to a more procedural style of coding, and some people mightãprefer one or the other. I'm not sure I like languages that force one style onãthe programmer. I do tend to write most things in an object oriented wayãthough. It seems a bit silly in languages that force object-orientedãprogramming, that their main function has to be a static function that's partãof a class. :P Java is like that, at least..ããNightfoxãã---ã þ Synchronet þ Digital Distortion: digitaldistortionbbs.comã