Isn’t the problem that you misspelled “experimental” in your original file paths?
Mark On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 21:13 Richard Owlett <rowl...@cloud85.net> wrote: > On 08/20/2018 02:35 AM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > David Wright wrote: > > [snip] > >> Would you agree, though, that "BASIC" is the language that must > >> have the biggest contrast between its well-endowed versions and > >> the most dire cr*p. > > > > Well, back then i perceived HP BASIC as the best language of all. It made > > me boss on all those expensive HP machines (from 9845B to 9000/320). > > But C ran on all Unix workstations. And as soon as i became ambidextrous > > enough, i fell in love with the display manager of the Apollo Domain > DN3000. > > > > Microsoft's Visual Basic is said to have surpassed HP BASIC in the years > > later. > > > > > >> Where would yabasic fit? > > I think it would rate fairly well. I browsed the BASICs in the > repository and seemed best matched to my preferences, specifically no GUI. > > > > > It seems to be inspired by C (see the syntax of "open"). But why use such > > a C-BASIC when there is gcc, gdb and valgrind ? > > > 'Cause the last time I used C was about 4 *DECADES* ago ;} > Although I have programmed, I would claim to be a *programmer*. > > >