Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie

From	Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.acorn.misc
Subject	Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie
Date	2011-11-10 18:54 +0000
Organization	Russell Hafter Holidays
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In article <xLUuq.50987$V_3.15250@newsfe06.ams2>, Steve
Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> wrote:

> > I still use one or two programs in COMAL that I wrote
> > at the time or shortly afterward. Anyone else??

> It also allowed calling of procedures and functions just
> by name, allowing a natural extension of the language.

That was quite controversial amongst my contemporaries.
Those who mainly dealt with the least able thought this a
good idea, as they could start with a dummy program which
was just a selection of pre-defined procedures and the
pupils could use the pre-defined names, as you say, more or
less as natural language.

Others felt that it badly blurred the distinction between
variables, procedures and functions.

> I wanted to introduce it in my school, and I still have
> the ROM and manual somewhere, but it would have been
> awkward in the BBC BASIC environment of the time. I also
> think I remember that it did not have a built-in
> assembler.

True, not like BBC BASIC does. Do any other versions of
BASIC have this?

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Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2011-11-07 14:57 -0800
  Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Rob Davison <nospamthanks@invalid.invalid> - 2011-11-08 17:34 +1300
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ian Hamilton <Ian.Hamilton@AAUG.net> - 2011-11-08 06:41 +0000
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2011-11-08 10:21 +0000
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-11-08 13:00 +0000
      Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie patric <patric@invalid.net> - 2011-11-08 13:22 +0000
  Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-08 07:27 +0100
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Tony Moore <old_coaster@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-08 11:12 +0000
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Kevin Wells <kevinwells@talktalk.net> - 2011-11-08 16:44 +0000
  Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-08 04:02 -0800
  Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Ste (news)" <steve@revi11.plus.com> - 2011-11-09 00:30 +0000
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2011-11-08 21:24 -0800
      Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-11-09 09:08 +0000
        Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Dave Plowman (News)" <dave@davenoise.co.uk> - 2011-11-09 10:10 +0000
          Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie cferris@freeRemoveuk.com.invalid - 2011-11-11 11:06 +0000
            Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie JV <groups@wellowvillage.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 13:06 +0000
        Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "Michael J. Kerpan" <madcrow.maxwell@gmail.com> - 2011-11-09 07:10 -0800
          Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 04:05 -0800
            Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2011-11-10 14:07 +0000
            Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 15:54 +0000
              Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie David Pitt <pittdj@pittdj.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 17:21 +0000
                Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 19:16 +0000
                Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie trevj <trevj@cwazy.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 13:17 -0800
      Case-sensitivity in BBC BASIC (was: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie) Harriet Bazley <bazley@feathermail.co.uk> - 2011-11-16 13:52 +0000
        Re: Case-sensitivity in BBC BASIC (was: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie) Tim Hill <tim@invalid.org.uk> - 2011-11-20 16:17 +0000
  Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Steffen Huber <spam@huber-net.de> - 2011-11-10 03:26 +0100
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-11-10 09:20 +0000
      Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2011-11-10 18:29 +0000
        Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Russell Hafter News <see.sig@walkingingermany.invalid> - 2011-11-10 18:54 +0000
          Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 05:59 +0100
            Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 07:16 +0000
          Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2011-11-11 10:42 +0000
            Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "David Holden" <SpamBin@apdl.co.uk> - 2011-11-11 11:27 +0000
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Stuart <Spambin@argonet.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 09:55 +0000
      Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Rick Murray <heyrickmail-usenet@yahoo.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 18:57 +0100
        Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie "John Williams (News)" <UCEbin@tiscali.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 19:18 +0100
    Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-11 01:11 +1300
      Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Fred Graute <fjgraute@planet.nl> - 2011-11-10 13:22 +0100
        Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-11 01:38 +1300
          Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Fred Graute <fjgraute@planet.nl> - 2011-11-10 14:33 +0100
            Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-11 12:19 +1300
              Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Fred Graute <fjgraute@planet.nl> - 2011-11-11 00:47 +0100
                Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Ron <beeb@woosh.co.nz> - 2011-11-11 13:06 +1300
        Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Jim Nagel <jimnewsm10d@abbeypress.co.uk> - 2011-11-10 16:22 +0000
        Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Steve Drain <steve@kappa.me.uk> - 2011-11-10 18:28 +0000
          Re: Some observations from a RISC OS newbie Fred Graute <fjgraute@planet.nl> - 2011-11-10 20:59 +0100

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