HOROWITZ@USC-ISIF.ARPA (07/01/84)
I am looking for a BASIC interpreter that is written in C for which I can obtain the source code, as I would need to modify it. Any suggestions? Thanks, ellis horowitz horowitz@isif 213-743-6453 -------
gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA (07/02/84)
From: Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) <gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA> AT&T offers a BASIC that is compatible with the BASIC on IBM PCs; also, UNIX System V includes a "bs" program that is a BASIC dialect.
dan@rna.UUCP (07/13/84)
... Sorry Doug, The System V interpretive language "BS" is not a dialect of BASIC, unless you consider BASIC to be a dialect of FORTRAN. Systen V was initially to include a minimal implementation of BASIC. They will eventually release one. University of British Columbia (Bill Webb) has a BASIC written in C. For PDP-11's, there's always the DEC versions - RT11 BASIC and BASIC+, both have been moved to UNIX on the PDP-11. Cheers, Dan Ts'o ...cmcl2!rna!dan
gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn <gwyn>) (07/15/84)
The first sentence in the manual page description for bs(1) is: Bs is a remote descendant of Basic and Snobol4 with a little C language thrown in. I leave it to the potential user whether this is sufficient for his "basic needs" or not. A true BASIC is available from AT&T as advertised in UNIX System Software Bulletin # 1484B-P WS January, 1984.
j@utah-cs.UUCP (J Lepreau) (07/16/84)
Well, if you don't want to pay $$$ to AT&T, you can get one for free
from the U of NM, in the Unix tradition:
From harpo!seismo!hao!kpno!downey Mon May 23 10:09:23 1983
Subject: 4.1bsd basic
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
We have been running a very nice Basic from U of NM, Albuquerque, for a few
months. It is all in C and looks well written. It is very much like IBM's
VM Basic, except for no 'print using'. It was free for a tape.
FLAME ON
I have sent mail to people as they ask for Basic on this newsgroup
but never received an acknowledgement or any sign that the mail got
through. Thus, I am posting this for general readership. I got this
from the net in the first place so apparently people are as tired of
hearing requests as much as I and not bothering to respond. Now please,
look through old news or something, but NO MORE BASIC REQUESTS, PLEASE.
FLAME OFF
Contact
Bob Tomlinson
University of New Mexico
Computer Center
2701 Campus Blvd.
Albuquerque, NM 87106
(505) 277-6131
(not on net as far as I know).
Elwood Downey, Kitt Peak National Observatory, 950 N. Cherry Ave, Tucson, AZ
(602) 325-9221
{{{ucbvax|utah-cs|purdue|mcnc}!arizona}|unc|hao}!kpno!downeyrs@hou3c.UUCP (rs) (07/18/84)
How about the converse? Does anyone have a C interpreter/compiler written in any form of BASIC? Bob Switzer AT&T Bell Labs ...!houxf!hou3c!rs
tomlin@dspo.UUCP (07/24/84)
Just a note on how to get the Basic interpreter from University of
New Mexico. Don't mail to Bob Tomlinson (I don't work there anymore).
Mail to:
{ucbvax!lbl-csam,purdue,cmcl2}!lanl-a!unm-cvax!{eric,cliff,mckeon,??}
but don't mail to me.
Thanks,
bob
--
Bob Tomlinson - ucbvax!lbl-csam!lanl-a!dspo!tomlin or dspo!tomlin@LANL
Los Alamos National Laboratory - Data Systems Project Office (DSPO)
Los Alamos, New Mexico - (505) 667-8495kolstad@convex.UUCP (07/27/84)
#R:sri-arpa:-149000:convex:49600002:000:465 convex!kolstad Jul 27 14:06:00 1984 I am still distributing a year-old copy of UNM BASIC and one from University of British Columbia. If you would like a tape, do the following: mail a tape and a copy of the front & back sheet of your AT&T UNIX license along with a letter that says "please send me BASIC" to : Rob Kolstad CONVEX 1819 Firman #151 Richardson, TX 75081 Your basic tape will come back in the mail! Rk ps: One or both need to have the "jobs" stuff converted for 4.2 sites.