Basic Programming Language
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entertainment | Free | Dmitry Kovba | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
- The great programming tool on the AppStore.
- Your programming language for iOS is amazing!
* FEATURES *
- Compile and run your program.
- Text input before program run and text output.
- Enhanced source code editor with syntax highlighting, line numbers, color themes and additional keyboard.
- Online language reference and several program samples.
* LIMITATIONS *
- Internet connection is required to compile and run a program.
- Graphics, network, file system and real-time input are not supported.
- Maximum running time of a program is 15 seconds.
- Only the simplest Basic syntax is supported.
Look for the "Visual Basic Programming Language" on the AppStore too. Thanks for using the application!
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Basic is a family of general-purpose, high-level programming languages whose design philosophy emphasizes ease of use - the name is an acronym from Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code.
The original Dartmouth Basic was designed in 1964 by John George Kemeny and Thomas Eugene Kurtz at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire, USA to provide computer access to non-science students. At the time, nearly all use of computers required writing custom software, which was something only scientists and mathematicians tended to do. The language and its variants became widespread on microcomputers in the late 1970s and 1980s, when it was typically a standard feature, and often actually built into the firmware of the machine.
Basic remains popular to this day in a handful of highly modified dialects and new languages influenced by Basic such as Microsoft Visual Basic. In 2006, 59% of developers for the .Net Framework used Visual Basic .Net as their only programming language.
Before the mid-1960s, computers were extremely expensive and used only for special-purpose tasks. A simple batch processing arrangement ran only a single "job" at a time, one after another. But during the 1960s faster and more affordable computers became available. and as prices decreased newer computer systems supported time-sharing, a system which allows multiple users or processes to use the CPU and memory. In such a system the operating system alternates between running processes, giving each one running time on the CPU before switching to another. The machines had become fast enough that most users could feel they had the machine all to themselves.
By this point the problem of interacting with the computer was a concern. In the batch processing model, users never interacted with the machine directly, instead they tended their jobs to the computer operators. Under the time-sharing model the users were given individual computer terminals and interacted directly. The need for system to simplify this experience, from command line interpreters to programming languages was an area of intense research during the 1960s and 70s.
Reviews
Bugs
IndieMan100
IF C >= BV(n) THEN B(n) = B(n) + 1:C = C - BV(n) This should only execute the second statement if condition is met, but it always executed it.
For a dollar..
Bob twinpeaks
I'll save your dollar. The reference for its commands is lacking severely. You get a list to various basic dialects.. not a specific document created for THIS compiler. It has no program output. It only runs in the compiler. I am going to request a refund from apple. Not a happy buyer... even for a dollar.
Bad compiler.
Vygvgyvgyv
First off, for the others looking at the reviews, If you want something to program on, just use Apple ][js. Its on the internet. Now for a message directed to the developer. Before you put in a lazy, automated message, I would like you to explain how in the world you think that the "pay before you use" thing works. Hell, Winzip lets you use their program for free; EVEN IF IT PROMPTS YOU TO BUY. Why not do that instead?
Go elsewhere
NoNameJustPissed
I wrote programs years ago, on the Mac and Apple IIe, in basic. The first 10-line program I wrote with this app timed out after about 5 seconds of compiling. Look elsewhere if you want an app that allows Basic programming. One star, in my opinion, is too much. As for trying to report the problem through apple, you CAN'T. The page they bring up contains nothing but your receipt. Shame on you MegaKey & Dmitry Koyba.
Ron DiGiovanni
balloonbro
Understand how this works. For 2 bucks you become a captive member of the Dmitry Kovba society. The app is a service which lets you tie into Mr. Kovba's computer via the internet. When you write a program in Dartmouth Basic, you upload it into Dmity's server. Then when you want to run the program you have to go back to Kovba's computer, each and every blessed time. As a result, each simple run of a simple program is shockingly slow. In addition, if you write something brilliant and/or useful, it instantly becomes Dmitry's property. In other words, although it would be very easy to write a Dartmouth Basic app which could be completely downloaded into an iPhone or iPod, which would allow the user to operate independently and completely free of tether, this is definitely not the case here. There are other problems with Dmity's software itself. For example, if you want to write a simple program involving trignometric functions, the software does not recognize angular measurement in degrees. Everything has to be converted to radian measurement. Pretty tacky. If we all resist the temptation to waste 2 bucks, sooner or later someone will come by with a real Dartmouth Basic app. Ron DiGiovanni Easton, PA
