Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: The Case For Quick Basic In The 21st Century. Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2015 19:10:10 -0000 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 43 Sender: Jim Pennino Message-ID: References: Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="db4120ef82bbc153014637d4cd15a795"; logging-data="18902"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18qA7g5aPwPmY9YkqJpLz+b" User-Agent: tin/2.2.1-20140504 ("Tober an Righ") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/A3ouzdIyBdNSSTQMF+RjvFrVp4= Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:532407 dvus wrote: > On 11/11/2015 11:22 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> Max Keon wrote: >>> The Case For Quick Basic In The 21st Century. >>> >>> Prior to the introduction of Windows 7, the files Qbasic.exe and >>> Qbasic.hlp were included in the self extracting zip file, olddos.exe, >>> which was available as a free download from Microsoft. It's no longer >>> available. >>> >>> Early in 2013 I asked this question of the Microsoft Community; "How do I >>> obtain permission to store a copy of Qbasic on my web pages that can be >>> downloaded by anyone wishing to do so? Permission is all I require." >>> >>> I was given verbal permission in a phone conversation with a Microsoft >>> representative. He said the software was obsolete and of no further use >>> to Microsoft. I couldn't expect more than a verbal OK in this case. >>> >>> I've stored the necessary info for downloading Qbasic at this address. >>> http://members.optusnet.com.au/mskeon/qbastest.html >>> >>> If Qbasic was installed in every computer on earth, it would be one of >>> the greatest communication tools emerging from the 20th century. There's >>> nothing else in the world that compares in this field. The problem now is >>> that XP is the latest Windows version that will properly run the software >>> and most folk have progressed beyond that. >> >> I would guess 99% of people have zero interest in programming Basic >> to do anything. > > I'm finally one of the "1%" I keep hearing about! One wonders why anyone in this day and age would be using BASIC for anything given it's lack of usefull I/O and lack interprocess communications of any kind. If one wants an interpreted language, there is Java, Javascript, PHP, Ruby, Perl, Python, Forth, Lisp, Tcl, and many others. -- Jim Pennino