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From: jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaBasic
Message-ID: <13416@wpi.wpi.edu>
Date: 12 Jun 90 17:25:44 GMT
References: <1930@bnlux0.bnl.gov>
Reply-To: jdutka@wpi.wpi.edu (John Dutka)
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester ,MA
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In article <1930@bnlux0.bnl.gov> creutz@bnlux0.bnl.gov (michael creutz) writes:
>Are there other closet basic programmers out there?

Hopefully, Commodore will continue to upgrade AmigaBASIC.  I've done quite a
bit of programming in AmigaBASIC, mainly programs to analyze stresses in
static trusses, beams, etc., to determine the characteristics of flow in
nozzles (i.e. determining the velocity of a fluid flowing through a
duct/converging-diverging nozzle, locating any shocks, and designing nozzles
based on this), and analyzing the aerodynamics of aircraft and wings/airfoils
and their sections for design purposes.

AmigaBASIC may not be one of the fastest languages, but it's (in my opinion)
one of the easiest to learn.  It only takes me a few minutes to throw together
programs I need for simple heat transfer applications, etc..., but if I had to
do it in FORTRAN on the Encore Multimax mainframe we have here, the program
would take factors of time longer.  AmigaBASIC is such a simple and versatile
programming language to use, that I hope C= will continue to support/improve
it.  If anyone at C= reads this, please take this seriously...

With the use of a BASIC compiler like A-Basic, the speed of AmigaBASIC 
programs can be brought up to satisfactory levels.


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