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Do you think Qbasic is a good first programming launguage?
If not what would you suggest?

When I get my shell What do I type to program with perl?

Thank you for your time!

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Qbasic was my second language, but i've quit after some time, it got boring to me. You can try to learn Basic before learning Qbasic, that makes it alot easier.

ps. There is an edit button.

i think qbasic is kinda worthless.

The only basic variant i learned was TI-Basic because of the fact that i want to be able to cheat on tests

Ok thanks guys i'll try basic
Im also currently working on python
Is that a good launguage?

try C then move to let say java, the syntax are pretty much the same

Python is very good ...

That's all

bart416 wrote:The only basic variant i learned was TI-Basic because of the fact that i want to be able to cheat on tests

Shame shame.. lol.

(**WARNING WALK DOWN HISTORY LANE**)
I've programmed/translated some old gw-basic(default distro with dos 3.1)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_GW-BASIC_interpreter
programs into the TI-Basic language. Although they didnt have those nifty usb syncs they have now. Serial cable <-> Ti-85. I had alot of fun programming (Trek warning) Star Trek, programmed by some the orignial guys at Dartmouth, into my TI.
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lol.. omg. Star Trek Basic
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Star%20Trek%20(text%20game)

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I got the game out of a half priced books back in 1980's.. This is appearently when it hit the big time.. for the author Mike Mayfield
101 BASIC Computer Games must have sold all over the world, because for fifteen years after it came out, I got letters from most of the USA, plus England, Australia, and a few other countries. I answered them all, and in several cases struck up ongoing exchanges with some of the correspondents. And now an e-mail message from you. The ripples never seem to cease!

The greatest thing is that I still have that old book. The pages have gone totally yellow, and love reading my old notes from the 80's. That book started it all for me. (Will never forget getting my first 286 to draw color circles!!) (my commador didnt draw in color.. so I didnt care too much)

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Here is the code..lol. Super Star Trek is what I actually ported to TI-Basic back in 1994
http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=159
Here's the whole book.. and all the code.
http://www.atariarchives.org/basicgames/showpage.php?page=cover

(just for note WHO EVER IS READING THIS.. you should learn assembly. )
One to start with is NASM.
http://nasm.sourceforge.net/wakka.php?wakka=HomePage

(edit.. ) You never know what google is going to turn up each day.. wow!
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pugrit wrote:try C then move to let say java, the syntax are pretty much the same

C seemed a bit complicated right now but my python is coming along thank you

pugrit wrote:try C then move to let say java, the syntax are pretty much the same

Bad advice. C is a powerful language, but not one to start with. QBasic used to be a very good language for learning the basics of programming. After that I'd suggest C and then C++.

If you want to have a deeper look into your system, learn Assembler. You're not going to use that practically, but it really helps understanding the underlying system and thus with programming.

For scripting languages, Python seems to be used widely. I can't really recommend it, because it restricts you in the way of expressing things. You have to strictly follow the indentation and spacing rules the creator of Python believes to be right. I insist on my freedom to style my code my way. But that's up to you. I like TCL, because it's simple and easy to integrate into C/C++ programs.

I have made a turtle walk and a few games... I can send you the code if you want.

Luis

There's no reason to learn QBASIC. Learn C, Perl, Python, PHP, Lisp, etc.

bockman wrote:There's no reason to learn QBASIC. Learn C, Perl, Python, PHP, Lisp, etc.

Perl and Lisp are not good languages to begin with. Even as a programmer with eight years of experience, I still fail to learn Perl. Not because it's difficult, but rather because of its horrible syntax. This also applies to Lisp.

If you are going to learn a programming language, might as well choose one you can do something with further down the line. QBasic is rather limited, although easy and fun. I'd recommend C/C++.

i also have a TI89 calculator but i dont write programs in TIbasic i just download them xD

i think visual basic it's easier to learn than c\c++ but c++ it's an higher lvl language.