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Simons Basic Modul,
tested - with English manual
Simons' Basic offers not only a solution to the problem
but almost makes the 64 into an entirely new computer.
(Probably the one it should have been in the first place.)
The 114 new commands are so comprehensive that they
make Simons' Basic more than a good language extension.
It may be one of the very best ever designed. I predict
that it will cement the popularity of the 64 and become
the standard language for programming the machine. Background
The origin of Simons' Basic is interesting in itself.
It was created by a British programmer named David Simons,
whose parents gave him his first computer just three
years ago on his thirteenth birthday. (Commodore's founder
and president, Jack Tramiel, should adopt the kid and
make him heir to the company fortune, or at least pay
him enough to keep him writing for his computers for
life.) According to the official company legend, Simons
surveyed other Basics and their extensions and picked
from among their features. That is probably true. Simons'
Basic resembles other recent extended Basics such as
BasicA for the IBM PC.
Simons' Basic is packaged as a ROM cartridge, and should
be available by the time you read this. At press time,
no price was announced by Commodore, as the program
had not yet gone on sale either in the United Kingdom
or in the U.S. In the U.K., however, a price of 50 pounds
sterling--or about $75--has been announced.
Okay, so what's so good about Simons' Basic? That requires
more than just a few sentences. The new commands are
grouped into several categories: Programming aids ("toolkit"
commands and other conveniences); new Basic words for
inputting information; arithmetic and math extensions;
disk functions; high-resolution graphics; screen manipulation;
sprite graphics words; error trapping schemes; music
notation; and commands that read controllers (light
pens, joysticks, paddles, etc.). Finally, another set
of new words is used for structural programming, and
can make this Basic very Fortran-like, if you choose
to use them. (And I bet you will.)
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Simons´
Basic Modul, getestet mit Handbuch
Erfahrene Commodore-Programmierer werden mir sicherlich
zustimmen: Die ausgezeichneten Commodore-Editiermöglichkeiten
verhalten sich für den Programmierer umgekehrt
proportional zu den Basic-Versionen. Dies ist auch bei
dem Commodore 64 nicht anders. Obwohl der C 64 über
eine hochauflösende Grafik verfügt, bietet
das Standard-Basic hier keine Unterstützung. Für
häufige Programmierarbeiten sind Basic-Erweiterungen
- insbesondere für den Grafikteil und die Sprites
- eine notwendige Hilfe. Eine solche Erweiterung ist
Simons Basic für den Commodore 64.
Simons Basic ist für den geübten Programmierer
eine wertvolle Unterstützung. Besonders hervorzuheben
sind hier die Befehle, die unter Programmierhilfen zusammengestellt
sind. Weiterhin einige Befehle zur Verarbeitung von
Zeichenreihen wie zum Beispiel INST. Für Programmierer,
die auch andere Programmiersprachen wie PL/1 oder Pascal
kennen, dürften besonders die neuen Strukturbefehle
und die ERROR-Befehle interessant sein.
Um die speziellen Möglichkeiten des Commodore
64 wie die hochauflösende Grafik, die Definition
von Sprites und den Sound-Generator zu benutzen, sind
natürlich die entsprechenden Befehle notwendige
Voraussetzung, wenn Programmieren nicht in Byte-Fummelei
ausarten soll.....
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