Subj : Re: Is Basic To Be Regard - Porting Between Versions
To   : MIKE POWELL
From : k9zw
Date : Fri Jul 12 2024 06:40:27

On 11 Jul 2024, MIKE POWELL said the following...
 
 MP> ³All the "little computers" used basic when I started.  The mainframes
 MP> ran cobol
 MP> ³or fortran, but because the wee little computers and early PCs were so
 MP> limited,
 MP> ³that the Basic Interpreter was what you used.
 MP> ÀÄ[K=>M]
 MP>  
 MP> They often used a proprietary basic, too.
 MP>  
 MP> As an aside, I never really tried it, but I wondered back then if one
 MP> could take a program written in TI-BASIC and port it over to run under
 MP> BASIC on a PC. Some of the ones I typed in used sprites and some other
 MP> things I suspect were unique to TI-BASIC and/or Extended BASIC that
 MP> might not have a direct function to translate to.

There was a reference back in the day that mapped the various versions.  

I think it listed some 150+ majopr varieties.

It was annoying when subsequent releases depreciated some function or feature that your programs depended upon.

Downside of an interpreted enviornment, compared to a compiled environment where once compiled there was less issues, that is until something machine level was changed....

Adventures!

--- Steve K9ZW via SPOT BBS 

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