BASIC Do You Know It?

[Rebirth flame]

i'm gonna be takin a class next year that'll teach me a bunch of different computer programming things. Right now, i know a bunch of HTML stuff which is fun to use.

i'm a strange person that likes problem solving things, so computer programming and such is just a giant puzzle to me that's fun to fix!!!

[CatholicAndFanatical]

you mean Visual Basic dont you? Basic went out around when Windows95 came out

I do Visual Basic as well as VB.net and C# and all the web junk. I like the new technologies alot better than the old. Im working on a game that can be played on a Palm Pilot, its like a pac man game, pretty basic, but its a good learning tool while I set home on my duff

If you get a chance, start using the .Net technologies. It would be worth the upgrades. Alot harder, but more robust.

[ilovechrist]

ya i want to do what you're doing rebirth--- computer programming.. that would be the best class to take EVER! very fun..

[Iacobus]

NO!! I mean BASIC like Quick Basic and TI basic.

[Wynd]

[quote name='Iacobus' date='Apr 1 2004, 03:08 PM'] OOP, how can you say that is a good thing? LOL, my time with OOP is limited to Java (class from Cisco) and it is DUMB, HARD, and POINTLESS. [/quote]
No way man, OOP ==

It's so cool because you can basically create your own data types and use them more easily and abstractly than just having a bunch of variables or something. Like you could have a Line class that contains the four coordinates and methods to get the length, midpoint, slope, etc, all in one variable, like:

Line the_line;

instead of

int line_x1;
int line_x2;
int line_y1;
int line_y2;

void slope(int, int, int, int);
void midpoint(int, int, int, int);

does that make any sense?

[ryanmeyersmusic]

does to me, and that's what it's all about... basic (vb included) will do the trick for very simple programs, past that java, perl, c++ get the job done...

[Laudate_Dominum]

I used BASIC a really long time ago, so I guess that counts. But I haven't felt the need to touch that language in years. I've used VB recently if that counts. I didn't know people actually still used BASIC.
More recently I've picked up C#, which is quite similar to Java and C++, and even VB in some ways.

[MagiDragon]

OOP rocks.

i'd have to shoot myself (and go to hell in the process . . . ) if i had to write every line of code every time!

why do you want to know about basic though? i mean . . . you *can* do whatever you want with it, but . . . why? java and C++ are soooo much easier, and C is more powerful.

[littleflower+JMJ]

ALRIGHT! SPEAK UP ALL YOU PEEPS WHO HAVE TAKEN CISCO!!

Oh yeah and magi.....great sig!

[RemnantRules]

BOO YA!

God Bless
Jason Gregory
RemnantRoadie

[Tony]

10 PRINT " DAVE IS A NUT"
20 GOTO 10



I used to know more BASIC commands but its been years since I have messed with that stuff (about 7 or so). Anyone know where I can find them? anyone know I program I can use to make mini progs like the 1 described above? I remember making a baseball game with the RANDOM command a few times, it was pretty cool lol

Thanks for your help! God bless!

[BullnaChinaShop]

I actually learned a little BASIC back in HS but I have forgotten most all of it. Being an engineer, I have predominantly used FORTRAN. I have used MATLAB a lot recently. I will be taking a C++ class this summer.

[mammo]

i am taking classes in basic and html next year. sooooo yea, i will know it

[Iacobus]

CISCO is EVIL!