Re: GScript widget for Mac OS X released

[limtc <thyechean@gmail.com>]

Hi Matt,

There is already an Applesoft interpreter... I think the world does
not need two. :) That Applesoft BASIC interpreter is already the work
of an art, and I can't improve further.

I have a slightly different dream of what I wanted to do - I wish to
bring the fun of Apple II programming to the kids (thus my web site
Virtual GS - http://virtualgs.larwe.com), and I have always dream of a
super Apple IIGS with 640x400 resolutions, and Applesoft BASIC capable
of doing Super Hires. I am excited when one day Mike Westerfield comes
in to this forum and says it is possible to do another GSoft BASIC
based on Java, but since it is not done, I decided to do a version
based on JavaScript - modernized Applesoft, keep the Applesoft spirit
(the ease of HGR and HPLOT away...), put in 640x400 resolutions, let
it run on iPhone and web, extend the features in a way that Applesoft
programmer can recognized it immediately... and GIVE IT AWAY. All kids
should be able to sit down, type a few lines, and run it.

GScript BASIC is less on computing on a retro machines, but more on
the fun of retro computing on a modern environment. It is what I think
Apple IIGS BASIC should be, and I hope you all like it.

On 8月28日, 上午8时00分, mdj <mdj....@gmail.com> wrote:

> It needs an implementation of SCRN() as well...
>
> Are there any plans to turn this into an actual Applesoft interpreter,
> like Joshua Bells ?
>
> Matt