Is Amiga BASIC any good?

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that_punk_guy wrote:

evil_nerd wrote:
IF ITS MICRO$OFT, I REFUSE TO USE IT

Yeeouch, no need to shout. ;-)

AmigaBASIC would have been a great learning language if the example programs were commented and documented properly. There's a ton of interesting stuff dealing with ILBMs and things, but as soon as you get to the meat of the program there's no explanation at all as to what it's doing. Shame.
 

AmigaBASIC breaks every Amiga Programming rule... the worst thing is that it has no WaitEvent function, and the AmigaBASIC manual actually details Busy Loops!!! Basicly, if you write an AmigaBASIC program you fcuk with the amiga's multitasking and you have no access to the Amiga Hardware.

In a word: Pointless

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melott wrote:
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I don't think he intends to rewrite AROS with it :-D

Just a place to start, and that is the point.

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Well the best place to start is Blitz Basic IMHO. It allows system friendly code, and allows AGA hardware bashing. If he just wants to hit the OCS hardware then AMOS it is.