demon_slayer2839 Member Posts: 22 From: Registered: 08-01-2004 |
Howdy yall, I just found this site and I was wondering if anyone round here used GW-BASIC? Thanks yall. |
Brandon Member Posts: 594 From: Kansas City, Mo, USA Registered: 02-02-2004 |
Hi there, yes I've used it before. It was the first language I learned back in high-school, made my first "game" in it actually. ------------------ |
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demon_slayer2839 Member Posts: 22 From: Registered: 08-01-2004 |
Well could you tell me if there might be any where I could download some christian programs written in gwbasic? thanks |
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Brandon Member Posts: 594 From: Kansas City, Mo, USA Registered: 02-02-2004 |
Sorry, I don't know about any sites like that. On a side note, I'd highly suggest Visual Basic or BlitzPlus which are nice BASIC languages. I do know that GW-BASIC is good for learning the basic programming concepts though. Edited Link [This message has been edited by brandon (edited August 03, 2004).] |
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demon_slayer2839 Member Posts: 22 From: Registered: 08-01-2004 |
Not only is GW-BASIC good for learning, if you know the code pretty good it can be very powerful check out http://scottserver.net/basically/geewhiz.html for some good examples of what GW-BASIC can do. |
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Brandon Member Posts: 594 From: Kansas City, Mo, USA Registered: 02-02-2004 |
Wow that's impressive for GW-BASIC, I had no idea that could be achieved in GW. The games I made were all composed of filled blocks and stick figures lol. Those were the days  ------------------ [This message has been edited by brandon (edited August 03, 2004).] |
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d000hg Member Posts: 144 From: Durham, UK Registered: 07-27-2004 |
It was also my first language which my dad introduced me to when I was 5 or 6 - I made it play Christmas carols from some sheet music and he took it in to run on the PCs at work where he was IT manager! If you want programs to learn from why do they need to be Christian ones? If you just want to avoid going through code with comments like 'This conjures a demon' then look for suitable games or maybe tools instead? |
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demon_slayer2839 Member Posts: 22 From: Registered: 08-01-2004 |
I'm just wanting to see what all's out there in gw-basic before I set down and start "re-inventing the wheel" as they say thanks yall |
AmazingJas Member Posts: 437 From: Sydney, NSW, AUSTRALIA Registered: 04-03-2003 |
Neat, but Blitz leaves GW for dead I'm afraid, though I do have sentimental memories of it. I also have used a little basic compiler called ASIC ('almost BASIC') which was fairly similar to GW, but compiled to .exe or .com programs. I don't think GW-BASIC has a compiler? Anyway, thanks for the memories! |
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demon_slayer2839 Member Posts: 22 From: Registered: 08-01-2004 |
Actually if you load the gw-basic source code in to qbasic 2.0 you can compile in to a .exe but gw-basic by itself can't compile |