Is there a programming language that is combination of Python and Basic?

Zaphod zaphod at beeblebrox.net
Sun Apr 19 01:08:32 EDT 2009


On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:07:10 -0600, Michael Torrie wrote:

> Aahz wrote:
>> Why do you want to do that?  Before you answer, make sure to read this:
>>
> http://www.u.arizona.edu/~rubinson/copyright_violations/
Go_To_Considered_Harmful.html
> 
> Somebody better tell the Linux kernel developers about that!  They
> apparently haven't read that yet.  Better tell CPU makers too.  In
> assembly it's all gotos.

Well, most of the Linux kernel is written in C and while there *is* a 
jump (often JMP) in most asms, you should only do so if you really need 
to.  JSR (jump sub routine) is a better idea in many (most?) cases.  You 
can write really nice structured assembly just as you can with most 
languages - depending on the assembly language, platform, etc.  GOTO is 
still generally a bad idea, and most of the people that use it can't tell 
the difference between a good and a bad time to use it.  

Friend of mine made a really nice asm development environment for his 
home made OS.  Too bad he didn't have any marketing skills.



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