notwhoyouthink Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 So, i just found this on GitHub. It claims to implement TIBasic as a scripting language. Going to try and download it see if i can get it working. On the authors site, he mentions: "The Cassette, Disk, and Sound devices are not currently emulated. Contributions in these areas are most welcome." So, if any of the TI community think it would be possible to improve upon this interesting project, have at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 What would be the benefits of this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 What would be the benefits of this? If you're in to self hate, it's amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notwhoyouthink Posted August 21, 2017 Author Share Posted August 21, 2017 So seeing old Basic dialects like TIBasic and CBM Basic turned into scriptable modern-day languages is not interesting to this community? Not the response that i was expecting, quite honestly... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Gemintronic Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 I don't think there's much respect for BASIC - especially for platforms where assembly was the way to get things done. Conversely many people will find the limitations of non PC specific BASIC compilers awkward on a PC. BASIC compilers make sense to me but I grew up on the PET, Apple II and QuickBASIC for DOS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LASooner Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Using TIdBit, I wonder how I put up with line based BASIC for so long. It's a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 So seeing old Basic dialects like TIBasic and CBM Basic turned into scriptable modern-day languages is not interesting to this community? Not the response that i was expecting, quite honestly... Not being even remotely a professional programmer, my question was truly out of curiosity since I have only the foggiest idea as to the use of scripting languages in general as compared to standard programming languages. I think it's neat to resurrect an obsolete dialect for modern uses, but the practicality of it will always remain in the eyes of the beholder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+jedimatt42 Posted August 21, 2017 Share Posted August 21, 2017 Scripting languages are usually used to automate interaction with the host operating system. Although I've written applications in them. And they have evolved to be some of the web's go-to languages for server side work in web applications. I looked at this on github a while back. and felt "meh"... It doesn't offer, as far as I can tell, any interaction with the host OS... It might be a fun alternative for 'bc' on unix systems... I always enjoyed using TI BASIC as a calculator. ( I nerdily carried a TI-CC40 to class in high school... ) I might try that out... run it in a shell like 'cool-retro-term' and it might feel like home. -M@ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RXB Posted August 22, 2017 Share Posted August 22, 2017 (edited) Scripting is a DOS concept and similar to BATCH FILE PROCESS still used today by Linux and Unix, later adopted by Microsoft in MDOS ripped off from CPM. RXB had CALL USER of on boot of XP press , (comma) to load a Batch file loader. RXB 2000 included this feature and here is the first of 10 videos. Edited August 22, 2017 by RXB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted August 26, 2017 Share Posted August 26, 2017 What would be the benefits of this? It's surely not the only project "done because it can be done". From the point of programming, I think it's really neat. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddemann Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 RXB for windows? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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