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Yabasic / Re: Appeal for Yabasic source code and snippets

« on: January 07, 2014 »

Thanks for the clarification, Jim.

I'm curious as to why you're keen on yabasic.  Something like python or javascript is so much more useful these days.

I want to learn yab(asic) because it is very well integrated in Haiku, much more than other languages on Haiku (except for C++, of course, which I would never learn). I am a newbie and I need a simple language. Other approachable languages like Python are supported in Haiku, but it is not so simple to make them work (wrappers for the API and all that stuff).
As for yab, it all works out of the box, and it can use Haiku's native GUI directly, without any modules! This means that with just a few lines you have working windows with message boxes, buttons... everything!
The yab community is trying to develop yab even further as the simplest and most immediate language for Haiku (of course, it already occupies this position).

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Yabasic / Re: Appeal for Yabasic source code and snippets

« on: January 06, 2014 »

I forgot to mention: in Haiku there are THREE native IDEs for yab.
I am not talking about editors that support the yab syntax. I am talking about real IDEs, which were created specifically for yab!
This is just to show that yab(asic) is alive and kicking in Haiku!

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Yabasic / Re: Appeal for Yabasic source code and snippets

« on: January 06, 2014 »

Haiku looks nice. Is yab bundled with it or  does it need to be downloaded later? Are many people using it?

I am glad to notice that someone is interested in yab for Haiku. Haiku is really a great platform.
Yab for Haiku needs to be downloaded separately, but there have been requests to bundle it with the operating system. Maybe in the next release. Anyway, a package manager has been newly implemented in Haiku, so installing software should be no problem.
Regarding the number of actual yab users, I am not sure. But I do know that, after C++ (Haiku's official language), yab is one of the most used languages on the Haiku platform.
Have a look at this listing of some the programs written in yab:

http://besly.de/menu/search/archiv/misc/yabapps_eng.html

And these are just *some* of the yab programs.

The yab community on the Haiku website is right now in the process of receiving a boost, after a period of 'doldrums'. If you are interested, just join the forum on the Haiku website.

Cheers

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Yabasic / Re: Appeal for Yabasic source code and snippets

« on: January 05, 2014 »

I have just discovered that there is a Yabasic section on this forum.

Could someone please move this thread to that section?

Edit: Thanks to the moderator for moving the thread

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Yabasic / Re: Appeal for Yabasic source code and snippets

« on: January 05, 2014 »

I've got some programs for the PS2 version of YABASIC somewhere. I'll have a look.

Please, post them!!

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Yabasic / Re: Appeal for Yabasic source code and snippets

« on: January 05, 2014 »

Thanks for the encouragement, ninogenio.

I will be starting learning yab (yabasic for Haiku) soon. I will be getting back to you to ask questions.
Cheers

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Yabasic / Re: Appeal for Yabasic source code and snippets

« on: January 05, 2014 »

Thanks, ninogenia.

BTW, it may be worth asking: are there still any Yabasic users around?
Or is Yabasic really dead?

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Yabasic / Appeal for Yabasic source code and snippets

« on: January 05, 2014 »

Hi

I am new to this board. I joined it in the hope I could find some learning material for Yabasic.
I am planning to use Yabasic because it is well-supported in the Haiku OS (in its variant known as yab). On this board I did find, in some old posts, some reference to Yabasic too, although these days very few people use Yabasic.

Anyway, this is an appeal: could you please contribute with some source code (demos, games, etc) written in Yabasic? I am sure that some of you guys must have some old programs stored somewhere on your old hard drive. Finding the relevant directory, compressing the files and sending them to me will probably take 5-10 minutes only. Any bit of code will do. I just need it as learning material.

Thanks a lot to everyone.

Saerto

PS: BTW, do you know where else I could find some old Yabasic code? Thanks again.