1. QBasic/BASIC programmers learning Euphoria
- Posted by Robert B Pilkington <bpilkington at JUNO.COM> May 27, 1998
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Since there seem to be a few QBasic/BASIC programmers learning Euphoria, I guess I'll get to work on a DiskMag article for Stephen Spencer to help BASIC programmers to learn Euphoria. (ie teach them how to avoid GOTOs and to use compare("this", "that")=0 instead of "this"="that", etc) (Just don't boo once you finally see it, assuming I get it finished. :) _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]
2. QBasic/BASIC programmers learning Euphoria
- Posted by Alan Tu <ATU5713 at COMPUSERVE.COM> May 27, 1998
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Robert, I'm speaking from a Euphoria newkie's perspective. First of all, QBasic and a little of BASICA was the only language I even touched. One weekend= I downloaded a shareware tutorial on BASIC. That weekend, Saturday May 2, = I thought I would change my programming life. And I did... but not the way= I expected. Anyway, I'm rambling with the story of how I met Euphoria. That's irrelevant here. My point is, the least you mention GOTOs and those bad habits, the better. I've tried to learn Euphoria from a BASIC point of view, and that lasted for 10 minutes. There is no good translator. To u= se a sociological analogy, the culture is different, really. For your article, you can say that Euphoria doesn't use jumps (aka goto s= ) and emphasize the different culture. But don't try to say "Instead of using this function, use that function. That function is more powerful a= nd so much better." That didn't work for me. BASIC programmers, in my opinion, have to start from scratch with sequences, atoms, etc. --Alan =