OpenEuphoria

Re: regarde et apprend, watch and listen

• Posted by Alan Tu <ATU5713 at COMPUSERVE.COM> Sep 19, 1998
• 530 views

>>>>>
besides, my goal is to be multilingual, even though i may forget BASIC.
Shameful, I get so good at it, then Euphoria sidetracks me and i forget
the language i love.
<<<<<

Being multi-linqual is good.  That's my goal as well.  But let me ask you=
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Do you really want to remember all those reserved strings, like inkey$, f=
or
the rest of your life?  I encourage you to use the best programming
language for the task.  Sometimes it'll be Basic, sometimes it'll be
Euphoria.

My problem with Basic is that it has too many functions, statements,
keywords.  Do you know how many of those I know how to use?  less than 10=
%,
I'd bet.  But I have the capacity to use the language definition of
Euphoria, because I know it all.  Now, what about the 133 library routine=
s?

command_line()
clear_screen()
time()
tick_rate()
sound()
set_rand()
rand()
sin()
cos()
tan()
puts()
print()
?
close()
where()
seek()
trace()

Well, that's more than 10% of the nitty-gritty routines already.  Some
things, though are difficult to do in Euphoria.

QBASIC

sound 5000, 18.2
sleep 1
sound 5000, 18.2

In Euphoria, I have to hop, skip, and jump to do that.  So I say again, u=
se
the best language for the situation.

--Alan
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