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The language looks interesting - is there any documentation? --[[User:Tigerofdarkness|Tigerofdarkness]] ([[User talk:Tigerofdarkness|talk]]) 17:32, 27 May 2020 (UTC) |
The language looks interesting - is there any documentation? --[[User:Tigerofdarkness|Tigerofdarkness]] ([[User talk:Tigerofdarkness|talk]]) 17:32, 27 May 2020 (UTC) |
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Yes, well the fundamental problem is that the correct name of the language is S-BASIC (with a hyphen), but somehow in adding it to the list of supported languages, I held the shift key down, producing S_BASIC (with an underscore, which the site software converted to a space). But when adding program examples, I used the correct name for the language in the header, which is why links to those examples don't appear on the language page. Sigh. I have unable to figure out how to correct the original error on the language page. |
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I agree that the language is quite interesting -- many very advanced features for its day, along with some curious omissions (for example, no end-of-file function, and no ability to pass arrays as parameters to functions or procedures). The only documentation is a user manual that was pretty cryptic even by the lamentable standards of the day. If I find the time, I will dig out my copy and scan it so I can post it on one or more of the web sites that still support the CP/M operating system. |
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Revision as of 18:16, 29 May 2020
S BASIC
Hi, I noticed your S BASIC category and that you provided some samples but that they don't appear on the S BASIC page.
I think that is because the Header template needs to say S_BASIC or S BASIC to match the category name.
I changed a couple of the samples and they now appear in the Pages in "S BASIC" section of the category.
The language looks interesting - is there any documentation? --Tigerofdarkness (talk) 17:32, 27 May 2020 (UTC) Yes, well the fundamental problem is that the correct name of the language is S-BASIC (with a hyphen), but somehow in adding it to the list of supported languages, I held the shift key down, producing S_BASIC (with an underscore, which the site software converted to a space). But when adding program examples, I used the correct name for the language in the header, which is why links to those examples don't appear on the language page. Sigh. I have unable to figure out how to correct the original error on the language page. I agree that the language is quite interesting -- many very advanced features for its day, along with some curious omissions (for example, no end-of-file function, and no ability to pass arrays as parameters to functions or procedures). The only documentation is a user manual that was pretty cryptic even by the lamentable standards of the day. If I find the time, I will dig out my copy and scan it so I can post it on one or more of the web sites that still support the CP/M operating system.