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💾 BASIC statt Badeurlaub.
In den 1980ern verbrachten Kinder ihre Ferien in Computercamps: programmieren, eigene Ideen ausprobieren, Gleichgesinnte treffen – und bloß nicht zu lange zum Sport rausgeschickt werden. 😄
Ich habe die Geschichte dieser fast vergessenen Camps noch einmal gründlich aufgearbeitet.
https://videospielgeschichten.de/computercamps-in-den-1980ern-wie-wir-in-den-ferien-programmieren-lernten/
#Retrocomputing #BASIC #Atari #Computergeschichte

The two types of programming languages are C and BASIC. Python? BASIC. Rust? C.

COBOL? BASIC. Java? C.

Despite using C-style syntax, Go is a BASIC.

#programming #Rust #Rustlang #Go #Golang #Java #Python #BASIC #C #COBOL

This is a repost of benchmark of #BASIC on various micro proposed by Electron Greg earlier in 2026 but which looks not reachable any more. So we don't loose that interesting information ! (1/4)

BASIC code is based on the SPIGOT algorithm implementing a continuous base change, see this PDF by Valentin Albillo
https://albillo.hpcalc.org/programs/SHARP%20Program%20VA135%20-%20PC-1350%20Producing%20Digits%20of%20Pi%20one%20at%20a%20time.pdf

CodeSpeccy — ZX Spectrum 48K #BASIC Playground:

https://speccy.codeguppy.com/

#zxspectrum #retrogaming

@ashwin ...#adapt according to themselves in order to create their own balance from #basic #principles, to some extent anchoring us all as we mostly agree on #caring.

2 simplified ways to #agree these things:

1 = we see #bad, we agree and put those on a list of bad together (such as #banks).

2 = we see #good solutions, we agree they are good / "getting there" / #WIP and put those on a list that improves position / #thinking over #time.

Both ways leaves us with or leads us to what's needed...

https://vid.shadowkat.net/w/btQLJzzH7WVaXPwcy1RXtk

doing some live game development!

#gamedev #basic

Hackaday Links: August 16, 2026

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://hackaday.com/2026/08/16/hackaday-links-august-16-2026/

The Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary group is supporting a plan proposed by several SPD ministers: to integrate "climate adaptation" into the nation'... https://news.osna.fm/?p=59679 | #news #basic #law #spd

Been working on the video game I am collaborating on with my girlfriend today!

It is written in BBC BASIC, and uses mode 2 custom characters.

My girlfriend has finalised a whole bunch of custom sprite characters such as walls, grasses, goblins, and other graphics.

Now it is my turn to take these creations and code them into memory using BASIC!

#gamedev #basic

Python comes with batteries included

Another Blaugust post, another bit of inspiration comes my way... Juhis posted on their blog about Python's philosophy of "batteries are included"...

#basic #batteriesincluded #blaugust #blaugust2026 #pascal #python

https://www.kgadams.net/geekdom/python-comes-with-batteries-included

Acidica is a Vintage #BASIC language implementation written in #Python

https://github.com/nedbat/acidica

#retrocomputing #programming

Grab as much money as you can in this plattform game in #BASIC from #microhobby

Download:
https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/16396/ZX-Spectrum/Las_Bolas

#zxspectrum #retrogaming

#economics #basic

Rich people don't create jobs. That should be obvious but economists get paid to talk about it backwards, apparently. Customers create the need for jobs.

A pretty good talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKCvf8E7V1g

BAGQUEST:

Not enough memory on the 32K BBC Micro for the arrays I have dimensioned.

Currently using VDU MODE 1 because it has the same screen column width as the Commodore 64.

I am thinking I will experiment with the different VDU modes to see which can be the most colourful, support enough text columns, and have enough memory for the game world's arrays.

#retrocomputing #basic #tinybasic

code here.

https://codeberg.org/vidak/BAGQUEST.BAS

#retrocomputing #basic

doing some BASIC programming

https://vid.shadowkat.net/w/gJ21hiAuhdiZW93L4pY7uD

still working on BAGQUEST

#retrocomputing #tinybasic #basic

Greens leader Felix Banaszak has backed the demand put forward by the German Cities Association to embed heat protection and climate adaptation as collective re... https://news.osna.fm/?p=58977 | #news #basic #boost #climate #embedding

presently streaming the cursed porting of BAGQUEST out of the insanity of commodore 64 BASIC toward the rational, sane, beautiful BBC BASIC...

https://vid.shadowkat.net/w/gJ21hiAuhdiZW93L4pY7uD

#retrocomputing #basic #tinybasic #commodore64 #c64 #bbcmicro

I did combine the #UEFI Thoreau #BASIC with the #rEFInd Bootmanager.
I also did "create" a suitable boot-Icon for the BASIC ;)

Ya está aquí el nuevo número de #Microhobby y el clásico listado #Basic

Espero que os divirtáis, y riáis, como yo lo hice programándolo.

What makes some #programminglanguages last while others lose relevance? 🤔

Part 1 of this Andrew Oram series explores languages that appear immortal and those with respectable life cycles that receded. Discover the stories of C, C++, C#, #JavaScript, #Java, #PHP, #COBOL, #FORTRAN, #BASIC, #Rust, #Perl, and others 👇

https://lpi.org/xq3f

#LPI #programming #opensource #linux #unix #softwaredevelopment #coding #developers #sysadmins #python #softwareengineering