On Thu, 25 Mar 2021 12:42:24 +0000
Adrian Caspersz  wrote:

> On 25/03/2021 11:34, A. Dumas wrote:
> > On 25-03-2021 11:47, Adrian Caspersz wrote:
> >> On 24/03/2021 20:45, druck wrote:
> >>> On 24/03/2021 09:43, F. W. wrote:
> >>>> Is there a very simple interpreter for BASIC for BASH?
> >>>
> >>> If you are looking for an interactive interpreter as an
> >>> alternative to a bash shell, and I would recommend iPython rather
> >>> than a BASIC variant. Python is far more powerful language with a
> >>> vast range of library modules, and iPython allows you to use all
> >>> of that interactively.
> >>
> >> I'd suggest PowerShell ...
> >
> > On the Raspberry Pi?! Because we're in comp.sys.raspberry-pi here.
>
> Yup.
>

Why?

The more sophisticated Windows users think PowerShell is wonderful
because it give them access to a lot of stuff the GUI doesn't touch,
including a lot of things that *should* be in management GUIs e.g.
finding mailbox sizes in the last version of Exchange that I had
dealings with. That shouldn't be a command-line-only job, given what
else the GUI does cover.

But it's *Windows* stuff. *nix has always had a shell (indeed many) to
reach the command-line APIs of various daemons and applications. This
chap wants to get back to BASICs. Why, we don't know. I occasionally
dabble with VBA in Access, and even more occasionally in Excel, but I
have no other use for any form of BASIC.

--
Joe

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