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TIBasic as a scripting language


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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.

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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.

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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 :)

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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@

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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.

 

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