Y, bueno, a esto me he estado dedicando. Prometo ser más productivo a partir de ahora.

https://josemoya.itch.io/tortilla-terror/devlog/1394763/beta-11
#cgaJam
#msdos
#qbasic
#qb64

Some serious health problems are messing with #Forth and #Advent_of_code plans. I was already moving slow but now I find that I can't work the problems and learn Forth at the same time. I love how the language works (OG assembly guy) but I can't make the jump from "writing words" to "writing phrases" of code--real programming requires phrases and then sentences.

I'm tired of Pascal, Go does little for me and often annoys me (all loops are "for", really?). I could pick up Scheme again but I don't trust that I'll have the capacity to move from phrases back to sentences.

Out on eBay I saw some old books that I liked at the time--the #BASIC era. One of them was a book I regretted losing in move (BASIC With Style). They are ordered and I've dusted off #QB64. I was more of a boot to Basic guy myself, but I can deal with QBasic style.

It's chicken soup for the ill programmers soul. Easy peasy comfort coding while enduring treatment.

https://qb64phoenix.com/qb64wiki/index.php/Main_Page. QB64PhoenixEdition

RE: https://mastodon.social/@carolinacodes/115915877712346059

The #QB64 Phoenix Edition was really good when I checked it out. They actually make a sincere attempt to run on macOS (last I checked, FreeBasic still wasn't). If you cut your teeth on QB and want to try it again, this project is worth a look.