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Hi,

I think that it's really cool that there is some interest on your forum in keeping this great language alive

I do too. Yabasic 2.xx is a great little dialect and Yab3 looks like it's going to keep Yabasic alive. Thomas (the dev) is a fantastic programmer and also loves Yabasic so it is in safe hands.

When there is a stable release (and I get my finger out and finish the front of this site) I'd be happy to link you on the front page to hopefully get some of the passing traffic interested.

Thank you, that's very generous.

Derek.

Thomas (the developer of Yab3) hopes that there will be a usable, though incomplete, version available by the end of July.
Posting the todo list is probably the easiest way of showing what's to be expected in Yab3.
Remaining:
   [ ] fix input bug (see source/run.c, search TODO)
   [ ] BREAK, CONTINUE
   [ ] GOTO, LABEL
   [ ] use labels for ELSEIF, loops, etc.?
   [ ] allow arrays to be used wherever scalars are (for example, FOR loops)
   [ ] structures
   [ ] user-defined types
   [ ] subroutines
   [ ] GOSUB
   [ ] LOCAL and STATIC variables - scalars
   [ ] LOCAL and STATIC variables - arrays
   [ ] LOCAL and STATIC variables - structures
   [ ] initialisers for local, static, and global variables - scalars
   [ ] initialisers for local, static, and global variables - arrays
   [ ] subroutine parameters - scalars
   [ ] subroutine return values - scalars
   [ ] subroutine parameters - arrays
   [ ] subroutine return values - arrays [!]
   [ ] subroutine parameters - structures [!]
   [ ] subroutine return values - structures [!]
   [ ] subroutines called like commands
   [ ] AND/OR short-circuiting
   [ ] INSTR, TOKEN, SPLIT, etc. functions
   [ ] file input / output (INPUT, PRINT, PEEK, POKE)
   [ ] SWITCH
   [ ] modules
   [ ] DATA and READ [?] (work this in with ENUM, maybe?)
   [ ] allow strings to contain NUL characters
   [ ] clean up, make consistent (token names, etc.)
      [ ] make sure FREE_COMMAND_CURRENT_STRING is used before assigning to
      command_current->value.string!
   [ ] The Great Testing Spree
   [ ] SDL, Curses modules
   [ ] release Yabasic 3!
It looks daunting to me but if we keep our fingers crossed...

The current source compiles on Linux but volunteers to compile it under Windows are very welcome.

See here for a few more details.

(I hope nobody thinks this is spam.)

Derek.

Happy birthday, Jim.

Enjoy the beer,

Derek.