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ron77

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  • 🚀 Working on a BASIC Compiler (rbbasic) — hobby project, early alpha

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  • Yeah, if I wanted a wide adoption, I'd probably name it something like "GW64" LOL :D

  • 🚀 Working on a BASIC Compiler (rbbasic) — hobby project, early alpha

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  • The code is on my HDD, and a portable version with Mingw32 and SDL2 (almost one GB in size) on my USB stick

  • Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace

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  • Now I get it :D Yeah, it is funny reading it like that... thanks for sharing and nice to meet you :)

  • Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace

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  • Sorry :S I don't exactly get what you mean in that sentence :o Can you explain? :/

  • Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace

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  • Wow! Thanks! I will explore it when I get the chance - who knows, I might even upload a YouTube video about it :D

  • Finding strength through creativity — how poetry and hobby programming help me live with mental illness

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  • I guess it's the mistakes we make that make the difference and give each one of us our uniqueness - we all like to be successful and perfect, but I guess only failure teaches us about ourselves and about others and the world we live in - thank you for being willing to accept my imperfections and even inviting them :)

  • Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace

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  • Yes, well, I guess you can say that also about me, kinda - not entirely typical childhood and not typical life :S In a sense, I'm lucky to be able to code, as I know some excellent programmers who, once they got mentally ill, could not code anymore

  • Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace

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  • Yep, that's what you have in FreeBASIC subs (void functions) and functions (that return a value). FreeBASIC is actually C programming in disguise; it's C with basic syntax and very powerful, plus any C library can be used with it (you just need to have the correct .bi header file for it)

  • Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace

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  • When I was a kid in the 1980s, television was more appealing to me than the family computer. My older sister would input basic code (she would type it from kids' computer magazines) and then let me play those games on the Apple II, or afterward on the DOS IBM machine it wasn't till i was 23 years old till i had my very own computer and internet but didn't know what it was for then at age 30 2006-7 i started using my computer for writing poetry and only at 2015-16 did i finally decided to learn to code... I wouldn't try Python (although I tried it and have it on my Windows), I know it's easy, you just pip install whatever you need; however, if you code in C, FreeBASIC, or euphoria programming languages, you will be much more rewarded for your hard efforts and the challenges

  • Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace

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  • Hi there - thanks for reaching out :) Nice to meet you - my coding journey started at the age of 39 in 2016 with VB.NET. I completely missed the 1980s and 1990s era of BASIC; however, even though 30 to 40 years have passed, I still try to code in modern DOS/Windows basics like FreeBASIC and occasionally even QB64. I really like it, although to code for DOS with FreeBASIC, or GWBASIC, or QBASIC, since it's just a hobby, I can afford it since I'm coding for fun, not money - I was told that if you start doing something for money, eventually you'll hate it - I think I agree with that...

  • Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace

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  • Hi, thanks for sending me a PM (mail). Nice to meet you - I've always loved basic, even if my programming journey started in 2016 at age 39 with VB.NET; however, I like FreeBASIC or GWBASIC, QBASIC, or even QB64 more than modern high-tech programming languages (I try to learn C and Euphoria too) - I guess I can afford it since it's just a hobby for fun not for fee :)

  • Finding strength through creativity — how poetry and hobby programming help me live with mental illness

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  • Hello - thank you for clearing that up and for your appreciative authenticity over perfection - yes, I understand it better now; however, you do know that human mistakes, especially grammar and spelling mistakes, usually make other people mock you and see you as stupid and call you names, etc... that's the dilemma of current times, use LLM for a good impression / good grade / good code / whatever or do it my humanly way and take a risk of being dismissed or rejected or even abused... for one who suffered them all i feel like i can't or don't want to take that risk no more

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  • hi... I'm sorry, but could you please clarify exactly what you mean? In my YouTube tutorials, I do use AI tools for help if that's what you mean... Before AI was available, I would join programming communities or hire tutors for learning; however, sooner or later, it was "RTFM, kid!" and people weren't nice at all, they saw me as a lazy coder who constantly asked for help... help that sooner or later they'd refuse to give... I'm not ashamed to use AI, and if you have a problem with that, sorry...

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    ron77 @lemmy.world

    Finding strength through creativity — how poetry and hobby programming help me live with mental illness

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    ron77 @lemmy.world

    Rediscovering BASIC programming — how retro coding helps me find focus and peace