BASIC/QBASIC/QB64/VBScript/VB6/VB.NET/-etc.
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BASIC/(B)eginner's (A)ll-Purpose (S)ymbollic (I)nstruction (C)ode
Essentially, I regard myself as being a BASIC programmer.
BASIC, is a high level, non-technical programming language..created by professor's: Kemeny and Kurtz at Dartmouth College, USA during the early 1960's...to teach beginner's/or, people who are non-programmer's how to learn programming; and, as such, BASIC is meant to be fairly simple, straight forwards and easy to learn.
BASIC, is also a general purpose programming language; which can be used to do multiple different kinds of tasks, including all of the following and more:
maths
filing
database
graphics
sound
-etc.
(1980's) I started off using BASIC with line numbers...using a Tandy Radio Shack Colour Computer II:
10 CLS
20 PRINT "Hello, world!"
30 END
...and, this was my very first introduction to learning how to program.
(1990's) Next, I brought a PC...and, then, started using a more modern version of BASIC...called: QBASIC/QuickBASIC...which didn't need to use line numbers, anymore.
CLS
PRINT "Hello, world!"
END
-(NOTE: QBASIC, used to work on older 32 bit OS/Operating Systems...; but, as modern OS are, mostly, 64 bit; therefore, QBASIC don't work, anymore.
However, the work around is to go and download for FREE QB64...which allows you to write/run pretty much the same QBASIC code only this time on 64 bit platforms.
QBASIC, is an 'interpreted' programming language...; which doesn't allow for stand alone files.
QB64, also allows one to create stand alone executable [.exe] files.)-
On the PC I also used VBScript/Visual BASIC Script, as well.
MsgBox("Hello, world!")
(Save Windows Notepad file as being called: [hw01.vbs]; then, left double click to make the VBScript code run/execute.)
Visual BASIC 6/VB6
In the past, I have used VB6 before...which is an OOP/Object Oriented programming language.
(2000's) Visual BASIC.NET/VB.NET
The 'latest' version of BASIC is Visual BASIC.NET...which can also operate 'cross platform'...meaning VB.NET programs can work on...
Windows
Mac
Linux
-etc.
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