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Re: IBM VisualAge for BASIC?

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On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:05:12 UTC, "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> wrote: 

> Hi Dave!
> 
> On Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:20:46 UTC, Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Dariusz Piatkowski wrote:
> > > Folks!
> > >
> > > My young son is showing some interest in computer programming...what I want to
> > > walk him through is the real basics...thus the focus on BASIC!
> > >
> > > There used to be VisualAge for BASIC product on our platform some time
> > > back...and judging by various posts it wasn't really much of a success.
> > > However...I am looking for something that basically has a decent GUI and very
> > > straight forward 'hello world' type program development capabilities.
> > >
> > > I have VA for C/C++ installed here, Watcom, etc, etc...but do not want him
> > > starting with something like C or Java...we want very simple...
> > >
> > > Any ideas, recommendations?
> > >
> > > Remember, 9yo is your audience...
> > 
> > There is always qbasic, very primitive IDE but it comes with OS/2.
> > If you want him to learn something more structured there are a few 
> > implementations of Pascal on OS/2 as well.
> 
> 
> Actually...that was indeed one of the first things I tried...seeing BASIC.COM, 
> BASICA.COM & QBASIC.EXE caused memories of programming early Commodore64 rush 
> through my head...LOL...problem though, on my OS2 machine, attempting to open up
> a DOS window actually fails. I believe there is some kind of a problem with 
> either the SNAP drivers and my ATI 850XT video card, or some other part of the 
> system.
> 
> I did my share of Pascal back in the high-school days (North America circa 
> '87-'89) so indeed, that may be worth a try.

Then you might wanna try WDSibyl, which is Pascal and RAD just as
mentioned BASIC package.

http://wdsibyl.org

-- 
  Allan.

It is better to close your mouth, and look like a fool,
than to open it, and remove all doubt.

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IBM VisualAge for BASIC? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-02-29 03:06 +0000
  Re: IBM VisualAge for BASIC? Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2012-02-28 20:20 -0800
    Re: IBM VisualAge for BASIC? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-02-29 15:05 +0000
      Re: IBM VisualAge for BASIC? "Allan" <allan2@warpspeed.dyndns.dk> - 2016-03-03 03:12 +0200
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  Re: IBM VisualAge for BASIC? Peter Brown <losepeteSPAM-ME-NOT@ntlworld.com> - 2012-02-29 11:22 +0000
    Re: IBM VisualAge for BASIC? "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2012-02-29 21:54 +0000
  Re: IBM VisualAge for BASIC? "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2012-02-29 22:58 +0100
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