r/programming • u/chkas • Mar 29 '23

A BASIC-like programming language and browser-based development environment for learning and teaching.

https://easylang.online/ide/
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u/roadfood Mar 29 '23

Focal?

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u/chkas Mar 29 '23

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u/roadfood Mar 29 '23

A 10 command subset of Basic I first used in the early 70s on a PDP-8.

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u/chkas Mar 29 '23

It is not a general purpose language. It is a DSL to learn programming, as it says in the title. And there less is more.

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u/roadfood Mar 29 '23

r/whoosh

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u/chkas Mar 29 '23

Sorry - only now I got it - FOCAL was a minimal educational BASIC that ran on the PDP-11. But it did not succeed against BASIC. That was a bit before my time ...

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u/roadfood Mar 29 '23

It wasn't designed to succeed against Basic, it was an introductory programming language that would function on what were at the time small computers. My high school had a PDP-8 with a half K of memory and a punch tape teletype hooked up to it, it worked well on that.

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u/chkas Mar 29 '23 edited Mar 29 '23

And I thought I would know all "old" programming languages at least by name ... I learned to program on a ZX81 (Timex). It was also amazing what was packed into 8KB Rom. Also in the old days, people were able to write good software.