[NTLK] How to learn NSBasic

[M. Horvat]

Different? What kind of problems do you get? The major two differences between NS BASIC and other BASICs are that NS BASIC uses square brackets instead of parantheses for array subscripts - A[65] instead of A(65) - and it doesn't use the the $ sign for string variables and functions - CHR(65) instead of CHR$(65). Then of course file handling is completely different since Newton OS uses soups. PEEKs and POKEs also do not work. And the ^ operator seems to be missing. You may also have difficulties porting programs written for Microsoft BASIC that use boolean logic.

I recommend Matt Howe's excellent NS BASIC Terminal. It lets you program NS BASIC programs interactively with your PC.

-Matej Horvat

> Download the sample code and start
> tearing it apart and making small changes
> to see what happens. Ask a lot of questions here. Several
> of us are
> proficient with NSBasic.

>> For a non-programmer, what's the best way to go about
>> learning NSBasic?
>> The manual is more of a reference and old Basic books seem
>> different
>> enough to not work.  Any suggestions?