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CobicBěhem cesty z Prahy do Wroclavi jsem sice čekal kopec přes Orlické hory, ale že mě cykloturistická navigace navede na traily na sjezdovce, to už moc ne :D
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@akkartik I am myself all for #solarpunk (see hashtag #solarbike on my instance...) but I am not sure how wise would be to start thinking in Basic again. Well, I spent way too many days of my teenage years programming in Basic... but I somehow don't feel like it was worth it.
I admit that interpreter that fits to 4 to 8 KB is amazing result. ZX Spectrum Basic was 16 KB. Basic interpreter for my Sharp MZ-800, which had to be loaded from cassette tape, unfortunately, was quite good, but it was around 40 KB big.
4 KB is really good. But the entire idea of line numbering is... well... it is not really comfortable way of thinking. Or editing. On the other hand, simple, non bloated software would be useful. For certain tasks, single task environment is more than enough. And of course, the shorter code can be much easier to understand and debug, than long code.
Some time ago, I was amazed by Tiny C compiler for POSIX systems (it was able to compile itself, of course). Having something like Tiny C for Z-80 would be nice. I really missed being to use C on Z-80. Of course, Z-80 systems are often missing filesystems at all... C without file I/O is kinda crippled, but still much more powerful than Basic.
The, well, basic idea of Basic, that integers (sometimes even floats) and strings must be enough for everybody, is more or less true: yes, lot of useful stuff can be done with integers and strings. But I would still prefer to use something like subset of Python syntax... which reminds me, that my current thought experiment (not really started as project yet) is subset of Python transpiler to C (should be able to compile itself too). I consider it kind of solarpunk too, although it is not using 70s technology, but should be pretty useful running of 80s highend or 90s mainstream.
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