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Re: basic compiler for debian



Doug Smith <savant-technopath@cyber-wizard.com> wrote:
 
> For some reason, bwbasic does not work, at least not as packaged.  Each time
> you try to execute a statement such as cls or even print, the program sends
> out a request to the shell, apparently, to get it to do something and it
> just comes back command not found.  

[After installing the package]
jason@jdc:~$ bwbasic
Bywater BASIC Interpreter/Shell, version 2.20 patch level 2
Copyright (c) 1993, Ted A. Campbell
Copyright (c) 1995-1997, Jon B. Volkoff

bwBASIC: 10 print "Hello, world!"
bwBASIC: 20 end
bwBASIC: run
Hello, world!
bwBASIC: 

That seems to work fine.

It has been many years since I used BASIC (Apple II computers back in the
80s).


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