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4. For historic purposes, Palo Alto TINY BASIC appeared in Dr. Dobbs Journal in 1976.

Tue Nov 21, 2023, 11:14 AM

Nov 2023

http://cini.classiccmp.org/pdf/DrDobbs/DrDobbs-1976-05-v1n5.pdf (PDF)

Version 3 in 8080/Z80 assembler is here at github. Select RAW to download the code.
https://github.com/pvmm/tinybasic/blob/main/tinybasic.asm (web page)

There are a couple of BASICs available for iphone and ipad.
Only one seemed decent on mac (or Linux, I am sure) gambas.

Reason? For anyone who ever learned BASIC, it makes a great programmable calculator (check the floating point and decimal arithmetic support!) rather than learning another programmable calculator language, of which there are several.

For anything fancy use PocketCAS, or some other CAS, like Maxima, or for matrix calcs, Octave (clone of Matlab)
https://www.ubuntupit.com/best-computer-algebra-systems-for-linux/

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hey computer programming nerds and others , [View all] AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 OP

because they were easy to write. lapfog_1 Nov 2023 #1

Different developers, different companies, different goals. LastDemocratInSC Nov 2023 #2

thanks to those who responded and read. AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #3

For historic purposes, Palo Alto TINY BASIC appeared in Dr. Dobbs Journal in 1976. usonian Nov 2023 #4

on my iphone i have a implitation called comodore basic. same with the pad. laptop has chipmunk basic. AllaN01Bear Nov 2023 #5

Not an expert, but I think it was largely a matter of writing interpreters that called for ... eppur_se_muova Nov 2023 #6

I know very little about computer programming, but PoindexterOglethorpe Nov 2023 #7