Show HN: Thoreau BASIC – What if BASIC hadn't gone out of fashion?

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• boznz 5 minutes ago
  With retirement + AI I have stopped giving a shit what programming language something is written in; If you can write it in BASIC, go for it.
• qingcharles 19 minutes ago
  I was writing BASIC code for everything until a few years ago -- VB.NET -- until it was really clear that it had become a totally second-class citizen and I switched to C#.

  I still think VB.NET is vastly more readable than C/C#/Java etc.
• dang 2 hours ago
  Recent and related:

  Show HN: I wrote a BASIC interpreter that boots on UEFI machines - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49410814 - Aug 2026 (44 comments)
• pcdoodle1 2 hours ago
  Very cool. Are line numbers required? Are there plans for OS system control like setting system volume or screen brightness?
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  • analog31 2 hours ago
    I definitely want a code editor with a setting to number the lines by 10s.
• fuzzfactor 10 hours ago
  This looks like it's realy getting better all the time.
• _wire_ 17 hours ago
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