Comment on am I basic??

cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Ahardyfellow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Do you actually know basic? Just wondering how someone goes about learning it and using it these days.

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  • cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I know it from back then and it can do some pretty impressive things. Not sure how I’d start from scratch these days but it’ll definitely be out there.

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    • Ahardyfellow@lemmynsfw.com ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks for your response, I’ve been keeping my eye out for a reasonably priced C64 or something so I can get into it on some real hardware (I’m sure there are emulators out there but that’s not as fun).

      I feel like learning it would help with understanding some of what happens “under the hood” in modern languages.

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      • cheezoid2@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Last time I looked, both QB64 and FreeBasic were pretty good and had active forums and wikis etc

        Both are nice implementations of QuickBasic for a number of platforms

        https://qb64.com

        https://www.freebasic.net

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