Originally posted by: paul@ism780.UUCP
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Date: Sat, 31-Mar-84 00:03:18 EST
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ism780!paul Mar 28 19:06:00 1984
> The average Commodore user is content with the language provided
> to him, BASIC. People out there in netland, I'D like to know:
Anyone who is content with BASIC hasn't seen anything else!
> 1) What other languages have you seen used on the 64?
I have and use Commodore LOGO (actually not produced by Commodore - you can
tell because the manual is in English), and HES 64FORTH. I've seen other
FORTHs advertised.
> 2) Were any of these languages readily portable to
> other systems (if so, then which systems)?
Versions of these languages are available on most micros (Apple, Atari,
IBM -- actually FORTH runs on just about every computer around). I don't
know how compatible the various versions are, though.
> 3) Where did you acquire this software and if you
> paid for it: How much was it? Was it worth it?
At a toy store, for about $50 each. LOGO I recomment highly (unless you
expect to write arcade games or data base systems in it); 64FORTH is ok but
is a pretty bare-bones FORTH.
> 4) Have you seen any kind of Pascal on a C64?
"Zoom Pascal" is a `kind of Pascal' (no records, no pointers, no type
security, not much left...) from Abacus. I looked at the manual and lost
interest when I saw that the edit/compile/run cycle required loading 3
seperate programs from that slooooowwwww 1541 disk.
-- Paul Perkins --
"Doctor, we've got to DO something!"
"I am doing something, Sara. I'm thinking."