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  • So after all this time...

    From Brian Gaff (Sofa)@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 17 10:31:36 2021
    Has anyone created a basic that works very like ZX Basic that can make
    itself work on a pc for normal tasks?
    That in my view is what is missing from the current computers.Most of the languages available, Python etc, tend to not be as intuitive as the old
    basics were, and hence harder to learn.
    Brian

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  • From Marcos Cruz@21:1/5 to briang1@blueyonder.co.uk on Thu Oct 28 12:20:23 2021
    2021-09-17, Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

    Has anyone created a basic that works very like ZX Basic that can
    make itself work on a pc for normal tasks?

    I have tried and used many BASIC interpreters on GNU/Linux over the
    years, and my favourites are these two:

    - Markus Hoffman's X11-Basic (http://x11-basic.sourceforge.net/ or
    https://codeberg.org/kollo/X11-Basic). It's available also as an
    Android app, by F-Droid.
    - Michael Haardt's Bas (http://www.moria.de/~michael/bas/).

    Other interesting alternatives are:

    - Matrix Brandy (multiplatform BBC BASIC VI interpreter:
    http://brandy.matrixnetwork.co.uk/)
    - PC-BASIC (excellent GW-BASIC emulator written in Python:
    http://pc-basic.org)
    - QB64 (modern extended BASIC+OpenGL language that retains QB4.5/QBasic
    compatibilty: http://www.qb64.net)
    - bwBASIC (configurable to support many old dialects:
    http://bwbasic.sourceforge.net)

    I don't include FreeBASIC (http://freebasic.net) because it's only a
    compiler.

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  • From Marcos Cruz@21:1/5 to briang1@blueyonder.co.uk on Thu Oct 28 12:42:33 2021
    2021-09-17, Brian Gaff (Sofa) <briang1@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

    Has anyone created a basic that works very like ZX Basic that can
    make itself work on a pc for normal tasks?

    Also SpecBAS is interesting. I didn't include it in my previous list of recomendations because I thought the project was abandoned, but I've
    just seen it's on GitHub now: <https://github.com/ZXDunny/SpecBAS>.

    I tried SpecBAS some years ago. It's certainly impressive, but I found
    its approach unpractical for my needs.

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