Writing ZX-81 Basic on PC?

[Zarsoft]

I write my programs here:

Pascalated BASIC (ZX81)

because here I dont need to use GOTO.

Then I save the text to a file .BAS and then I run the file on the EightyOne emulator.

 

[JohnElliott]

zmakebas is a tokeniser for Spectrum programs, but with the -p option it will output a file in ZX81 format.

 

[dadecoza]

I write my programs here:

Pascalated BASIC (ZX81)

because here I dont need to use GOTO.

Then I save the text to a file .BAS and then I run the file on the EightyOne emulator.

What is wrong with using GOTO?

 

[Zarsoft]

What is wrong with using GOTO?

1 - I don't like wasting time writing line numbers.

2 - If I move a block of code, I will have to renumber the line numbers.

3 - I can make a mistake when writing line numbers in a GOTO command or even a line number.

4 - I don't need to write line numbers if I use Pascalated BASIC.

5 - If I use REPEAT-UNTIL, WHILE-DO and IF-THEN-ELSEIF-ELSE-ENDIF then I can read the code better.

5 - Etc.

 

[daver2]

There is one school of thought that says writing software without the use of a GOTO is the purest and more 'correct' way of writing software.

But other people do not subscribe to this heresey!

Dave

 

[Zarsoft]

But other people do not subscribe to this heresey!

Dave

People should do what they think is right.
If they are wrong, they will probably end up recognizing their mistake and changing their behavior....

 

[Zarsoft]

But the right thing is not always the same.
The rules may change depending on circumstances.

 

[factus10]

A bit late to the party but there's also zmakebas: https://github.com/chris-y/zmakebas

It has a ZX81 specific mode. Works very well.

 

[cj7hawk]

People should do what they think is right.
If they are wrong, they will probably end up recognizing their mistake and changing their behavior....

I heard Intel is going to remove JMP from the x86 architecture.

It was all good and well until someone pointed out this was also a GOTO... Now everything will have to be CALLs