esc27@lemmy.world
on 15 Jul 2024 11:13
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If not for the BASIC examples in the old 3-2-1 contact kids magazines that I discovered worked on my elementary schools Apple II computers and then later QBASIC, I have no idea what I would be doing in life.
That was my gateway to a greater interest in computers and an eventual job in IT. And. I will always respect BASIC for it.
Downcount@lemmy.world
on 15 Jul 2024 11:41
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10 PRINT “upvoted”
20 GOTO 10
mspencer712@programming.dev
on 15 Jul 2024 15:09
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This is my childhood! That and Logo Writer were the gateway to my future.
I worked with a buddy; one of us would read from the code listing in the magazine and the other would type. We didn’t know the names of some of the symbols so we made up our own names. Tilde will always be the ‘squiggly’ to me.
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
on 15 Jul 2024 12:47
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I agree with the author that oddly Basic syntax is closer to Assembly than most languages so is an ok place to start.
I’d like to see Dijkstra write an Assembly program without JMP.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
on 15 Jul 2024 15:40
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This is where I’d humorously link that maniac who wrote a program exclusively using MOV, of any amount of quotation or clarification could convince a modern search engine that “movulator” does not, in fact, mean “modulator.”
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
on 15 Jul 2024 21:35
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D’oh! Good find, I had it wrong.
floofloof@lemmy.ca
on 15 Jul 2024 13:18
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My kids have been surprisingly interested when I show them Commodore 64 or BBC Micro BASIC. I was expecting them to groan but they wanted to write their own programs on them. They’re also more interested when it’s a physical machine than an emulator.
mindbleach@sh.itjust.works
on 15 Jul 2024 16:18
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A fun exercise that nerd-sniped me last year: recreate The Matrix’s “code rain” effect.
Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 15 Jul 2024 22:03
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I was obsessed with making variations of it on TI calculators in high school lol
yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca
on 15 Jul 2024 23:02
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Did you end up posting any implementations to ticalc.org ?
Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
on 16 Jul 2024 01:07
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No, this is actually the first time I’m hearing that this exists unfortunately.
Dropkick3038@programming.dev
on 15 Jul 2024 16:22
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Learned how to render graphics the hard way in Apple BASIC back in grade school. Was fun.
PoY@lemmygrad.ml
on 15 Jul 2024 19:34
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QBASIC was what programming I was in high school. That pretty much ensured programming II was an empty class
I think it’s a bad idea to start with BASIC in this day and age. However, I do think it’s a very good idea to teach student BASIC once they’ve learned a modern language. It’s a great way to teach them why programming works the way it does and to teach about the roots.
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If not for the BASIC examples in the old 3-2-1 contact kids magazines that I discovered worked on my elementary schools Apple II computers and then later QBASIC, I have no idea what I would be doing in life.
That was my gateway to a greater interest in computers and an eventual job in IT. And. I will always respect BASIC for it.
10 PRINT “upvoted”
20 GOTO 10
Hey no botting!
This is my childhood! That and Logo Writer were the gateway to my future.
I worked with a buddy; one of us would read from the code listing in the magazine and the other would type. We didn’t know the names of some of the symbols so we made up our own names. Tilde will always be the ‘squiggly’ to me.
I agree with the author that oddly Basic syntax is closer to Assembly than most languages so is an ok place to start.
I’d like to see Dijkstra write an Assembly program without JMP.
This is where I’d humorously link that maniac who wrote a program exclusively using MOV, of any amount of quotation or clarification could convince a modern search engine that “movulator” does not, in fact, mean “modulator.”
Searching for “MOVfuscator” results in this: github.com/Battelle/movfuscator
D’oh! Good find, I had it wrong.
My kids have been surprisingly interested when I show them Commodore 64 or BBC Micro BASIC. I was expecting them to groan but they wanted to write their own programs on them. They’re also more interested when it’s a physical machine than an emulator.
A fun exercise that nerd-sniped me last year: recreate The Matrix’s “code rain” effect.
I was obsessed with making variations of it on TI calculators in high school lol
Did you end up posting any implementations to ticalc.org ?
No, this is actually the first time I’m hearing that this exists unfortunately.
Learned how to render graphics the hard way in Apple BASIC back in grade school. Was fun.
QBASIC was what programming I was in high school. That pretty much ensured programming II was an empty class
I think it’s a bad idea to start with BASIC in this day and age. However, I do think it’s a very good idea to teach student BASIC once they’ve learned a modern language. It’s a great way to teach them why programming works the way it does and to teach about the roots.