Re: An easy programming language to learn

Norm wrote:
ANYONE--not just a beginner--looking for an easy yet powerful
programming language should look no further than HotBasic. I've been
programming for 15 years--assembly, BASIC, COBOL, C, C++, Java, VB, VB
.Net--and by far the easiest, most efficient, and most productive
language I have ever used is HotBasic.

That seems plausible, given the competition listed. The web site was
most entertaining.

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HotBasic does not slow your programs down with a "math nanny" to stop
your work if divide by zero or numeric overflow or whatever. It is
assumed
that you will not allow those errors to occur in your tasks, or at
least, you
do not want the whole job stopped if one does occur. ...
In modern programs, one tries to avoid errors BEFORE they occur, so
there are
no errors to trap.
//

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Connecting the dots, reported buffer-overflow bugs most often arise
when an application program has asked the OS to do something.
Obviously, secure software should avoid asking the OS to do things.
....
The Exclusive HotBasic FPU object technology provides the theoretical
maximum for optimization of compiled machine opcode sequences for the
FPU hardware. HotBasic users can do calculations as efficiently as if
the math routines were written in assembler. ... When your clients ask
if HotBasic technology is used in your applications, be sure the answer
is "Yes".
War games, anyone? While the opponent is still calculating, your
clients will be done and making their move.
....
HotBasic autodetects zero-based ARRAYs, on a per-dimensioned-array
basis, so added speed is obtained with the ARRAYs that are zero-based.
...
Best executables are obtained only when the compiler is written for the
library and the library is written for the compiler. Library writers
usually target "all people" so library functions are written to serve
all needs of all people. This is understandable because the writers
legitimately want many people to use their libraries. Such libraries
are next to useless for a compiler. ...
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When I say easy, I mean EASY! ...

And HotBasic sure means BASIC, just as ugly and awkward as it was in
1980. Just looking at the documentation TOC makes my eyes hurt:
http://mypages.cwdom.dm/keenej/hot/contents.html

The state of the art just might have moved on...

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