Is there a good BASIC compiler for ubuntu?

[Eric Dunbar]

On 3/12/06, Tristan Wibberley <maihem at maihem.org> wrote:
> > It seems to me that for basic programming BASIC is an admirable
> > solution.
>
> Yes, and for python programming, Python is an admirable solution.
> ahahaha! <sorry I couldn't resist>

I've only ever seen someone try to do computer type stuff on a dead
badge (<http://www.strangehorizons.com/2004/20040405/badger.shtml>),
not a live python.

I imagine you'd need to concern yourself with avoiding getting
strangled (of course, around here with all the language snobs that's
hard to do ;-P

> For me it is about cost of development. Basic is very expensive to
> develop in if you know python. It is only cheaper if you don't know
> python already and only have simple programs to write. If you have a
> complex program to write, it is cheaper to learn python and write it in
> that.

I don't think the point of the original post was wanting to do
development :-)... just a simple request for information (upon which
some trolls unfortunately jumped :-(.