»Parser library using nom for VB6 (projects, forms, designers, etc).
VB6Parse aims to be a complete, end-to-end parser library for VB6. Including.«
It was a very, very, very long time ago when I had to extend and correct VisualBasic code, now I can also do it via Rust. Admittedly, the project is very young and I don't want to have to use it, but I understand why it exists.
Basic programming language celebrates its 60th birthday
The first Basic interpreter went live in May 1964. This was intended to make it easier to learn programming. However, the computers to go with it were not available until much later.
Basic is the abbreviation for "Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code". In other words, it is a general-purpose programming language for beginners.
Super interesting piece from @sjvn for #ZDNet about the 60th anniversary of the #BASIC programming language - and how it paved the way for other developments at Apple and Microsoft.
When I decided to try to build up some development momentum by restarting the Ray Tracing Challenge but with Dart/Flutter it was a toss up between that idea and deep diving into some retro coding on an Apple II. I briefly thought, "Why not do both?" Har har har. Well, it turns out someone did just that. A ray tracer in BASIC on a ZX Spectrum. #RetroComputing#RetroGaming#programming#ZXSpectrum#BASICgabrielgambetta.com/zx-raytrac…
#BASIC#ProgrammingLanguages#ComputerScience: "Sixty years ago, on May 1, 1964, at 4 am in the morning, a quiet revolution in computing began at Dartmouth College. That's when mathematicians John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz successfully ran the first program written in their newly developed BASIC (Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) programming language on the college's General Electric GE-225 mainframe.
Little did they know that their creation would go on to democratize computing and inspire generations of programmers over the next six decades."
#BASIC turns 60 today! Happy birthday from the PCjr. Sometimes, I wonder what path my life would have diverged into if I had never had access to a computer and a book on BASIC programming as a kid.
The image/source is originally from Icons & Images by Elmer Larsen from 1985. I typed it in and tweaked it with PC-BASIC, then transferred it to a working PCjr with a gotek floppy drive.
Olde Hansen, who recently published his book on the history of #BASIC#programming in Germany added an online essay about the history of the language itself to an online history magazine: