titles for posters?

[badidea]

GW-BASIC looks pretty obscure to me too, e.g.:

[jj2007]

GW-BASIC looks pretty obscure to me too, e.g.

True - are you sure it's BASIC? This is GfaBasic, about 30 years ago:

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FOR n&=0 TO nr_c&
  IF GapsFilled!
    FOR ct&=1 TO Sets&
      IF Est!(ai&,n&,ct&) THEN Bm(ct&,IC&,n&)=MagiC%,Est!(ai&,n&,ct&)=0
    NEXT ct&
  ELSE IF n&<9
    ct&=0,f!=Bm(1,IC&,n&)=MagiC%       '1=year 1
    WHILE ct&<Sets&
      REPEAT
        ct&++,ok!=Bm(ct&,IC&,n&)<>MagiC% 'find 1st occurrence
      UNTIL ok! OR ct&>=Sets&
      IF f! AND ok! AND ct&<=EstY&
         ...

Hey, no line numbers! Is that really BASIC?

[dodicat]

freeBASIC can handle old style line numbers.
-gen gas is best
64 bit is useless

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'rem prime factors
#lang "fblite"
0 option gosub
1 lowers%=30000000
2 uppers%=30000100
10 For counts% = lowers% To uppers%
20 number% = counts%
30 
40 Print number%;"= ";
50 divisor% = 2
60 if divisor% <= number% then goto 70
70 Gosub 490
80 divisor% = divisor% + 1
90 if divisor% <= number% then goto 60      
100 Print
101 Next counts%
102 Print
rem subroutine
490 
500 if number% mod divisor% =0 then 
510 c$=" x"
520 number% = number% \ divisor%
530 If number% = 1 Then c$=""
540 Print divisor%;c$;
550 Goto 490
560 End If
570 If counts%<=uppers% Then Return
580 Sleep  

[grindstone]

I'm a Zergling. I do not think,..

Stupid, but happy. Enviable! <grin>

[jj2007]

freeBASIC can handle old style line numbers.

Sure it can. Ugly syntax can be anything between GWBASIC as posted by badidea above and C++. But you can use FreeBasic also to produce simple, elegant and efficient code.

[BasicCoder2]

If I got a wrong impression, I apologize, but it is not based only in this thread, but also in threads like this one: "BASIC was meant to be easy to learn, read and understand": viewtopic.php?f=17&t=25269

That's ok I can see why you thought that. My objection was your suggestion that I objected to the ability given to FreeBASIC to use C++ like code which on the contrary has been great for FreeBASIC because it has enabled talented programmers to make use of its extended powers.

However I think the BASIC language owed its original popularity partly to reading much like a natural language making it easier to learn.

Ultimately how useful a language is depends on what can be done with it and by whom. Is it a tool for a wider audience or is it limited to an elite few?

[Lost Zergling]

@grin. This Zergling often helps me forget or overcome daily worries. :-)

[marcov]

@grin. This Zergling often helps me forget or overcome daily worries. :-)

Protos carriers forever!

[grindstone]

@grin. This Zergling often helps me forget or overcome daily worries. :-)

Like I said: HAPPY! :-)

[Lost Zergling]

Can't jump high enough ! :'(