EndBASIC 0.14: Are we multimedia yet?
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pjmlp
anta40
If you like QuickBASIC, perhaps FreeBASIC is also an interesting choice.
For many years, it practically only supports Windows, Linux, and DOS. Now add macOS into the list: https://deb.fbxl.net/macos/
bitwize
The IDEs would format the desired way as soon as you cursored off the line in some cases. This had benefits and drawbacks: it would actually parse the line, so if there was a syntax error, you had to dismiss the dialog and fix it before you could move anywhere. Kind of a pain when you're roughing out code.
Out of modern IDEs for more conventional languages, the one that comes the closest to the behavior I want in this regard is Emacs, which is one reason I've stuck with it lo these 30 years.
ChicagoDave
This is very cool, though I'd want to see typed FUNCTION blocks.
jmmv
What do you mean? FUNCTIONs are supported, and their arguments and return values are strongly typed.
VincePlatt
Very neat implementation! I freaking love how nice Rust makes this!
Any plans to support structures in the language? I know that's not a typical Basic feature, but it would be awesome. Also, be a rebel: add block comments.
jmmv
Yeah, structs (records) is something I've been wanting to add and that became reasonably easy with the full rewrite of the compiler I did in 0.13. Probably in the next update!
ChicagoDave
Sorry I missed it. I was expecting an As clause but conflating VB is probably not what is wanted.
sph
The demo does indeed sound like BASIC.
pkphilip
So a few questions: 1. Does this support threading? 2. Can I develop my website using this? 3. Can I develop a Claude competitor using this?
Much thanks!
Always nice having an BASIC update.
> For extra trivia, note that the convention in Visual Basic is to use CamelCase.
This actually traces back to other BASIC dialects already in MS-DOS, I can tell this was already the common convention on Turbo BASIC, and QuickBASIC.
There were also tools that would format to the desired way, long before go fmt became a thing.