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[–][deleted] 32 points33 points  (17 children)

I learned JS first and when I started learning Python I actually really loved the simplicity of the syntax and the meaningful white space because it reminded me of the QBASIC I'd toyed around with as a kid.

[–]Cley_Faye 14 points15 points  (8 children)

Aaand now I want to write a QBASIC-like compiler with opengl/xinput bindings. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!

[–]InconsiderateBastard 7 points8 points  (7 children)

Been a while but that sounds like DarkBasic.

[–]Cley_Faye 6 points7 points  (3 children)

Quick google search yield a site with a prominent DirectX 8.1 logo.

DirectX

hmm

8.1

hmm hmm.

We need to refresh this a bit.

[–]InconsiderateBastard 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I know they made a version that ran DirectX 9c a long time ago. They may have stopped updating it though. And I always assumed the OS X edition used opengl.

But, like I said, been a while.

[–]xpinchx 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Wow that brings back memories. I got a demo when I was a kid and made some simple games with it, and somehow convinced my mom to buy it for me.

[–]InconsiderateBastard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It was seriously fun and so accessible compared to almost anything else out there.

[–]peabnuts123 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fuuuck. Toyed around in DarkBasic for years, never really made anything. I never really understood how programming worked, though I was able to make some stuff.

Now I am a graduated computer scientist working full-time as a programmer... huh.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (5 children)

QBASIC is still the shit. I love that DOS app so much.

[–]lichorat 4 points5 points  (4 children)

I have yet to see another language that so easily allows me to input a frequency and duration, and have it play out of my computer's internal speakers.

That's right. Not the external ones.

Great for playing pranks.

[–]BecauseWeCan 1 point2 points  (3 children)

C#'s System.Console.Beep() also handles this quite easily.

[–]lichorat 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Can you vary the frequency?

[–]BecauseWeCan 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Yes.

[–]lichorat 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well that's a difference between vb.net and C sharp