Release Alpha 021
Due to limited time we skipped the release of alphas 020 and 019 yet we finally manage to get release 021 ready. A lot of exciting things took place. First we have a new name and logo. Then I was playing we the idea of how one could treat a function as a pseudo object. After toying with the idea of what would be the best way to use a method in a more static fashion instead of as volatile entities I decided that it could be very handy if I could treat a method as an static object. So in 021a we have the capability of accessing parameters and other variables inside a method as you would with object members. This means that variables including parameters are all static in nature. See the example functions06.bs in the samples folder to get a better idea of how it works. This is the first release that includes the new OOP engine and a rewritten GUI engine based on it. More Information. Oct/14/06
Thinking out loud...
Just thinking on how to make a language more expressative so that we do not have to type the same kind of code over and over and yet avoid dangerous ambiguities that make languages unreadable. I think this is a matter the BAXIC should tackle next.
BAXIC at Google Groups.
We created a Google Group to ask questions, share information and contribute to bOSL. Join now. Apr/15/05
BASIC Geek Knowledge:
The first Basic considered to be a full language implemented on a microprocessor was Li Chen Wang's "Tiny Basic", which appeared in Dr. Dobbs.
Basic was the first product sold by Microsoft corporation, and also the first major case of software piracy - It was copied widely even before Microsoft made it available (Billy Boy Gates lost track of a copy on paper tape during a computer show).
In the '70s when Bill Gates and Paul Allen licensed their BASIC to M.I.T.S. for the Altair. This version took a total of 4K memory including the code and data used for a source code.
BASIC was invented by J. Kemeny and T. Kurtz at Dartmouth University as an instructional tool when computer time-sharing was new.
BASIC was adopted as a computer control language with the Apple II, where it was called Applesoft, and then for the IBM PC, where it was called BASIC.
