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From: lwv27@CAS.BITNET
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: User generated software
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Date: 31 Oct 90 13:16:00 GMT
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If we want to see user generated software in the future, then we
need cheaply accessible languages for the user to have access to.
Obviously there are two right off the top of my head I can think of
- Applesoft and mini-assembler.  Personally, I have no intention
of writing any code in mini-assembler - I will dump my Apple and get
something else if that is the alternative I am expected to use.
On the other hand, though Applesoft is buggy, ugly, and very limited,
it can be used if necessary to get a limited amount of
programming done.

Anyone know of any ports of existing freeware programming languages
to the Apple II - especially GS/OS and the IIgs?  In particular, I
would really like to find low cost implementations of software is which
trivially extentible (even if only like C).

I believe that there is a Forth programming environment available as well,
now that I think of it.

What other languages are available out there?
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