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- Another one in the series of dev/lang powerUP (TM) ports for PPC B-)
- [ and probably the last one, so far ]
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- This BASIC interpreter is mainly for test purposes (and for fun :-)
- You for example can use it for quick tests on the PPC's speed
- and responsiveness, as well as sourrounding program calls with
- e.g. CLI calls like "Date" to measure execution times.
-
- Have fun!
-
-
- Note: this one no longer needs ixemul.library
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- [needs ixemul.library]
-
- I came across this very small basic on my 'Language/OS' CD-ROM,
- and accidentally typed `make' :-). Since more people might want to
- give it a try, I thought I'd dump it on aminet. Note very well
- though, I do not intend to support this software in _any_ way.
-
- With that out of the way:
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- This is quite a small basic, and it seems to conform to some
- ANSI standard for basic (read about that in the original `read.me').
- It organises sources with the infamous line-number method.
-
- If you start the the interpreter, you can pas a name of a sourcefile
- on the command-line which it will immediately run. On the command
- line one can enter BASIC-expressions directly, or precede them with
- line-numbers to form a program.
-
- as an extra it also acts a bit like a shell, as it seems to execute
- all commands it doesn't understand via amigados. also it has some
- builtin dos-stuff.
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- about the `port': this was done no modifications of significance
- to the original source. some parts where compiled without the -O
- option though, since otherwise my GCC would guru.
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- Have fun,
-
- Wouter.
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