"Freeware and open source. (source included with the download). The zipped download is 259kb and includes the interpreter, documentation, and over 80 examples. The unzipped IDE/interpreter exe is 274kb. (it's been growing as I add features). Exe doesn't write anything to system registry. (just uses Windows api). Exe will run on it's own without any of the includes files.
The IDE automatically regenerates it's help file in the same directory."
homebrewer•4h ago
And the guy who wrote this:
> .. work at a gas station and don't make money coding.
(From the readme of one of his other projects.)
If self-proclaimed "senior software engineers" worked on this, we would have a multi gigabyte download with an Electron-based editor.
There's a donation link in there with a very fair asking price.
rvnx•3h ago
Programming was sometimes even easier in the past, this is actually one of the reason for BASIC to exist: "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code".
On Amstrad CPC 464 / 6128, you just entered the interpreter, you could immediately interact with existing code and start playing around with it.
Today, it's more complex, because the Operating System developers deliver more complex APIs to fit the needs of the plethora of developers, and the level of abstraction, and responsibilities of each teams / components.
Though natural selection tends to favor the simpler / more friendly languages (Python / Javascript), and others like Haskell, Erlang, Lisp, etc... are just for people in museums who see beauty in complexity.
Some say:
Simples see beauty in complexity.
Smarts see beauty in simplicity.
asveikau•3h ago
> Today, it's more complex, because the Operating System developers deliver more complex APIs to fit the needs of the plethora of developers
This project is evidently coded against Win32 and runs on any Windows OS in the last 30 years.
Which is to say the "operating system developers" provided APIs in 1995 that are still there, still work.
Last I checked, Electron isn't an OS API.
dlachausse•2h ago
I think QBasic was the perfect level of ease of use versus ability to produce useful programs. It had a full featured editor that could run your program with a single keystroke. It included support for graphics and music. Most importantly, it had extensive builtin documentation.
lintalist•10h ago
homebrewer•4h ago
> .. work at a gas station and don't make money coding.
(From the readme of one of his other projects.)
If self-proclaimed "senior software engineers" worked on this, we would have a multi gigabyte download with an Electron-based editor.
There's a donation link in there with a very fair asking price.
rvnx•3h ago
On Amstrad CPC 464 / 6128, you just entered the interpreter, you could immediately interact with existing code and start playing around with it.
Today, it's more complex, because the Operating System developers deliver more complex APIs to fit the needs of the plethora of developers, and the level of abstraction, and responsibilities of each teams / components.
Though natural selection tends to favor the simpler / more friendly languages (Python / Javascript), and others like Haskell, Erlang, Lisp, etc... are just for people in museums who see beauty in complexity.
Some say:
Simples see beauty in complexity. Smarts see beauty in simplicity.
asveikau•3h ago
This project is evidently coded against Win32 and runs on any Windows OS in the last 30 years.
Which is to say the "operating system developers" provided APIs in 1995 that are still there, still work.
Last I checked, Electron isn't an OS API.
dlachausse•2h ago