I like the look of it. '' '' t '' '' written by Fabrizio Davia in 2010 '' '' version 002 '' '' constants const false = 0 const true = not false type datum w as integer a as string r as integer end type redim shared as string stack (100) dim shared as integer s_index s_index = 0 dim shared as integer...

Apparently, starting from January 2009 and alongside with Thin Basic and Power Basic.
All this thanks to the creator of ... Thin Basic (!)
Not that it will change anyone's life, but just to take note.

http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/ ... index.html

[IMHO] the freebasic.net page should contain just: - logo (the community or the devs or V1ct0r should choose one and use only one throughout all the pages) - description -- stating also that the compiler supports both QBASIC and a more pwerful version BASIC (a link to an "about" section or...

Thanks for your explanation. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder". I agree that more formal languages tend to be distant from the natural language. More formal languages are easier for parsers, not for humans. Still, I think they make good objects to be considered and explored. Which, in...

I think you should teach kids free basic over the standard python just based on FB's library versatility. Yes, FB has a lot of libraries available. For me, I always use FBGFX. It is there, it is easy, it is fast and it is fun. I think a kid would reason the same way. Pygame: I couldn't figure out h...

I thought I was the only one here comparing FB with Python. Both are great high level languages. Python is readable. IMHO Python readability comes from two things: indentation and implicit variable declaration, particularly in function parameters. I like indentation. If you take out curly braces fro...

Yes!
Thanks very much, counting_pine.

Thanks countin_pine, I see. In fact it is sufficient to just change the #define alpha into #define __main__ and the easy part works. I still can't figure out this: #macro import2 ( a ) #ifndef __main__ #define __main__ #endif namespace a #include a + ".bas" end namespace #endmacro import2 ...

I was trying to simulate "import" and "if __name__ == '__main__':" from Python. Let's say we have a file to be included like this: function _add ( a as integer ) as integer return a + 1 end function function test ( a as integer ) as string dim as integer l for l = 1 to a print _a...

Yes, well. Programs in assembler are closer to the actual hardware and mine is invented from scratch. I doubt an existing i8080 binary could run as-is in 8080box. In fact all I wanted was to try and program in assembler like one could do on the seventies and eighties computer. So I put together a CP...

It was a deliberate choice. As much as possible had to be human readable. A simulator has this advantage over the real system, that you can actually stop a minute and look into it. So I let clarity prevail over adherence. The same applies to decimal numbers being used instead of the more obscure hex...

Wow. Glad if 8080box may be of any help.
(Please forgive any bugs you might find.)

Hi, thanks for your interest in my prog.
The prog waited patiently in my USB key until now, beacause development ceased after the post.

I uploaded it here (thanks Kristopher).

http://freefile.kristopherw.us/uploads/ ... 80_box.zip

Please let me know what you think.
Bye,

fabrizio

I can't begin to say how much I like all of this. Thanks anonymous1337. I agree with renaming "Old FBC" to "FBC 1.0" and "New FBC" to "FBC 2.0". I think no programmig on FBC 2.0 should begin until there is a complete definition of the language and taht means w...

An open source project is not a rigid corporate hierarchy. There are always plenty people that want to play the decisionmaker. The ones that really make it happen are rare. I agree. But I was thinking like Python (Guido van Rossum) or even Linux (Linus Torvalds). The fact that a leader is recognize...