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[PCpaste]

Where do I start, using DarkBASIC Professional? Unfortunatley i'm not old enough for college, as i'm only 15, but i'll be damned if that's going to stop me from getting a head start for when I am.

All I see is a blank page, and i'm completely lost as to what i'm supposed to put there... Once I made a spinning cube, but any knowledge of how I did that is long gone.

[lordnincompoop]

Where do I start, using DarkBASIC Professional? Unfortunatley i'm not old enough for college, as i'm only 15, but i'll be damned if that's going to stop me from getting a head start for when I am.

All I see is a blank page, and i'm completely lost as to what i'm supposed to put there... Once I made a spinning cube, but any knowledge of how I did that is long gone.

Well, you *could* start out by Googling some tutorials.

Honestly, though, you're best off not using BASIC at all. It's simple, yes, but it's not especially practical for many things. I'd drop you off at the nearest Python website, myself.

[Mephisto]

For some reason, everything on python.org is timing out for me. In any case, whether or not there's a link to Dive Into Python or Dive Into Python 3, I would suggest it.

[PCpaste]

Well, it was a gift, and it was more then $100, so i'm going to use it. It's a start, anyway.

[HideousBeing]

Well, it was a gift, and it was more then $100, so i'm going to use it. It's a start, anyway.

If it doesn't offend anyone too bad, you should probably just return / sell it and use the money for other books. Python is a good language to learn with, easy to read and is used fairly widely. It also has an interactive shell which is really really nice for playing with code.

[lordnincompoop]

Well, it was a gift, and it was more then $100, so i'm going to use it. It's a start, anyway.

If it doesn't offend anyone too bad, you should probably just return / sell it and use the money for other books. Python is a good language to learn with, easy to read and is used fairly widely. It also has an interactive shell which is really really nice for playing with code.

You could also start with Haskell, Scheme/Lisp, "straight" C and "Javhurr". They're all either useful for your programming-related pursuits or fun to use and learn. Sometimes both.

[Thendash]

If you're learning this solely to get a head start on college, then find out what language you're going to be using there. My college used Java for example. I'd recommend Java, it's pretty popular so there's a lot of information out there and I found it pretty easy to learn.

[alfie275]

I'd personally start with something like c++, the move to a higher level language.

[Siquo]

Basic is a good start. Most other languages are roughly the same, and if you really need to learn the basics, Basic is good for that.

If you eventually want to do something useful, then you pick another language, such as c++ if you're hardcore, or python or java if you're more focused on results than on learning.


Looking at DarkBasic that looks pretty cool. Instant results with little effort. Just google for tutorials on it, then copy-paste the code, then start modifying and playing with it, and when you make something nice, post it here

[Urist McLongbeard]

Perl FTW!

[ILikePie]

When there's more than one to do it, you might just end up with something like this:

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#!/usr/bin/perl
for($i=0;$i<25;$i++){print{STDOUT}chr(ord(substr("Ktru!\@onuids!Qdsm!I`bjds-",$i,1))^1);}print"\n";

A single, simple, obvious and readable way to do something is a Good Thing.

[Urist McLongbeard]

When there's more than one to do it, you might just end up with something like this:

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#!/usr/bin/perl
for($i=0;$i<25;$i++){print{STDOUT}chr(ord(substr("Ktru!\@onuids!Qdsm!I`bjds-",$i,1))^1);}print"\n";


Meh, that doesn't look like JAPH at all. Use the force, Luke! Something like that is more like it (using the same string transformation approach - a one-liner):

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perl -le '($_="Ktru!\@onuids!Qdsm!I`bjds-")=~s,(.),chr(ord($1)^1),ge; print'

A single, simple, obvious and readable way to do something is a Good Thing.

Not really. Not being a heroine addict writing code on a really bad trip - now that's a really Good Thing, but most people don't realise that. Most people write Perl code without proper training and supervision, that's the only reason why they get crappy results.