[Coco] Why DECB is important to OS-9 folk.

[Willard Goosey]

>From: jdaggett at gate.net
>Date: Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:03:32 -0400
>
>Roy
>
>Something good could be said of both approaches. I do prefer the 
>instant on of DECB. It lends itself better for embedded porojects. 

And it does tend to have the best games, and the most advanced-looking
application programs (Color Max 3, Max 10, etc).  It's big advantage
is that you can take over the entire machine.

>While OS9 and Niros9 requires a learning curve and some 
>familiarity with Unix would not hurt. I can't complain to much as 

I think the learning curve for OS-9 wouldn't be so high if the first
thing everybody has to do wasn't to build a customized boot disk that
actually matches your hardware.

>learning OS9 and Basic09 made learning Fortran 77 real easy.  You 
>cannot believe the similarities between Basic09 and Fortran 77.  

BASIC in general tends to look like Fortran.  I believe that was part
of the original goal of BASIC.

IMHO, BASIC-09 looks more like Ratfor, or perhaps Fortran 90, rather
than F77.

Willard
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