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- Sat May 18, 2024 4:40 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Mainstream media picking up on retro tech trend
- Replies: 1
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Re: Mainstream media picking up on retro tech trend
NBC Bay Area put out a news report called "Play me like Atari: Retro gaming and the push to preserve video game classics" a few days ago. Atari got some good mainstream coverage. There was discussion about the preservation of classic technology. Also, some stuff about AI being used to cut ...
- Fri May 17, 2024 6:46 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Massive Express BASIC update!
- Replies: 0
- Views: 465
Massive Express BASIC update!
We have been working hard for the past few weeks on this update and have made a lot of progress. Here's a few things that have been added or fixed: It is no longer required to have a blank line at the end of .bas source files. Also, it seems that Linux actually doesn't seem to have a problem running...
- Fri May 03, 2024 6:42 pm
- Forum: C/C++
- Topic: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9669
The next update is out
With this next update, we have included more examples and have fixed the issues mentioned previously about not being able to have multiple FOR loops on the same line with the same index variable. Also, the issue with not being able to execute a for loop on the same line as an if statement. These thi...
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:34 am
- Forum: C/C++
- Topic: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9669
Re: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
We're still working towards the next update. I encountered another problem. A FOR loop combined after an IF statement doesn't work correctly. This became apparent with the following example where line 40 and 50 should have been doable with one line. 1 REM https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Sieve_of_Eratos...
- Thu May 02, 2024 6:18 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: BASIC programming language turns 60 years old
- Replies: 0
- Views: 352
BASIC programming language turns 60 years old
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz founded the BASIC programming language on May 1, 1964. The name BASIC is an acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code. It has been adapted to work on virtually every computer system in existence. Many people learned to program with it. Due to all of th...
- Wed Apr 24, 2024 9:43 am
- Forum: Express BASIC Archive
- Topic: 15 Puzzle number game
- Replies: 0
- Views: 713
15 Puzzle number game
15 Puzzle I made this game while testing the new Express Basic release. It is now included with the download for each edition. Slide the numbers to the correct order. 5 CLS: PRINT "15 Puzzle by Gemino Smothers": PRINT 10 LET size = 16: GOSUB 1000 20 FOR i = 0 TO size - 1: LET nl = nl + 1 ...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 7:07 pm
- Forum: Express BASIC Archive
- Topic: Zombie Bug Out turn based survival shoot em up
- Replies: 0
- Views: 533
Zombie Bug Out turn based survival shoot em up
Zombie Bug Out How long can you survive without being taken out by zombies or thirst? How many zombies can you eliminate? Find out with this classic BASIC style game. Designed to run with Express BASIC, it is easily portable to virtually all other dialects. With Express BASIC, Zombie Bug Out may ru...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 6:19 pm
- Forum: C/C++
- Topic: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9669
Important Update for Express BASIC
After weeks of painful research and debugging, we have finally released the next update. We're still going to remain in alpha version. You never know if and when a new problem may surface. The Watcom debugger was helpful in finding leaks and other problems. The issue of line numbers being limited in...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 5:45 pm
- Forum: C/C++
- Topic: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9669
Re: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
No update has been released yet. Still working on a ton of issues. Things were looking okay. I developed a new example game. It works on EB compiled with Watcom and DJGPP, but not Turbo C 1. It compiles in Turbo, but has a serious glitch. Doesn't compile at all in TC2. Compiles for DOS in Watcom, bu...
- Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:32 pm
- Forum: C/C++
- Topic: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
- Replies: 17
- Views: 9669
Re: Express BASIC - an interpreter in C
Been working out a TON of bugs. Hopefully I will get to post an update today or tomorrow.
Including issues with GOSUB and FOR. Trying to make the code wotk right with colons.
Also, other random typos and issues.
Thia is why EB is still alpha. Many things to test and improve or fix.
Including issues with GOSUB and FOR. Trying to make the code wotk right with colons.
Also, other random typos and issues.
Thia is why EB is still alpha. Many things to test and improve or fix.