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[iamaboringperson]

dont listen to people who tell you to get AMOS!

it doesnt support multitasking very well
no intuition screens
no RTG
no intuition windows
very limited

blitz basic is much better! you can make your programs look about as proffesional as C programs

most of the book you have should be ok for any kind of basic

[melott]

I thank all the people who responded with
advice. I have a (in my opinion) good reason
for starting with AmigaBasic. True, its crap,
but there are lots of books on it and they give
good detailed explanations on how and why
things are done the way they are. For someone
of just average inteligence that is a big plus.
Once I understand the concepts I'll move on to
something better. AmiBlitz is free on aminet.

And yes AmigaBasic does run on an A3000.
It took a little fiddling, but it does run.
If anyone is interested, Email me and I'll let
you know what it took to make it run.

Mel Ott
;-)

[odin]

Good on ya! So when can we expect your port of OpenOffice?

[Darrin]

Am I the only person that owns "GFA Basic 3.0" for the Amiga? No-one ever seems to mention it...

Just wondering... ;-)

[MarkTime]

I know everyone has already responded, but if I were a complete newbie starting out, I would choose REBOL to learn.

It's just as much not 'C' or any language that you really need to learn if you want to do this for a living, but its FREE, its current, its cross platform, its done up by Amiga legend Carl Sassenrath, and finally....whew, its what you want, a well documented easy to learn language for begginners.

In my humble opinion, while I see your valid points for Amiga Basic (printed books! yes!...I agree that is good)...

in the end Rebol is better because it has an active user community now....

[Tafka]

Wasn't Amiga Basic created by HiSoft, not Microsoft?

[Atheist]

Don't waste your time with the original AmigaBasic by microsoft.

Get some Amos programs, look at the SOURCE code, then look at the source code of some Blitz basic programs. They have to be programs that are at least 200 lines long. Then try to read them. My arguement is, it's easier to understand Amos, but the others are right about Blitz being more OS friendly (ie, access to the AOS GUI).

Amiga! I can't wait to have some 800MHz FUN!

[Desolator]

I would like to recommend BlitzBasic for the PC platform too for those that want to try out different development tools. While it's not an Amiga program it's one of the few software packages for the PC that actually feels like Amiga. (probably because it's done by ex-Amigans) Great GUI, nice tutorials..an overall great product. The support for it is excellent too. I'd say it's Amos for the PC.

(a VERY good thing to buy to kids by the way so you folks that want your kids to start programming, get this.

oh, now I got to install Amos again on my A1200.. was a while ago. (got the original box. That's a neat size for a package.

[melott]

OK OK....
I'll explain myself again..
I OWN .. (nothing pirated) AmigaBasic, Blitz,
AmiBlitz, Amos Pro& Amos 3D, GFA basic,
SAS C, Dice C and a ML assembler.
I have all the manuals.
The reason I wanted to start with AmigaBasic
is because the manuals are the easest to
understand. Everyone had to start at the begining.
I have looked through all these manuals and
The origonal AmigaBasic manual explains things
better than any of the others. And when you are
starting from scratch its a big difference.
Maybe there are some people who can pick up
a book on "C" , read it and say "sure..piece of cake"
but I'm NOT one of them.
SO I choose to start with the easiest , best
documented one "AmigaBasic". Any or all these
others will come after I finish AmigaBasic tutorial.
It just make sense to me to do it that way.

Mel Ott

:-D

[Desolator]

That's exactly what I did. But I chose Easy Amos instead of AmigaBasic, and later Amos.

[Atheist]

Hi Melott,

Come back in 2 or 3 months and tell us if you like programming, or gave up in utter frustration.

Amiga needs more coders, and it's loads of fun, too!

They call it "Amos, the Creator" and they're not kidding!!

This applies to any language you use, of course (well not ms Amigabasic, anyhow).

Amiga! Used by control phreaks, the world over.

[teo]

The reason I wanted to start with AmigaBasic
is because the manuals are the easest to
understand

In which case, i would still recommend HisoftBasic, its the exact same language, but more compatilble and much faster to execute, along with other benefits. Using it will allow you to skip to step of worrying how to install and run the muchos buggy Microsoft Amiga Basic...