I remember when ...

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.... personal computers had "basic" built into them as the operating system.
You could just type any program that you wished to experiment on and run it.
There are times that I have a mathematical algorism that I wish to test but
currently computers don't have a simple way to do it. My question is: is
there a way to write simple programs and run them? I don't want to install a
full blown system that actually creates programs. I just want to be able to
run simple routines such as calculating pi. About the closest I can come to
doing what I want is to create a JavaScript but that requires creating the
full HTML for the page.

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Dennis Marks wrote:

> ... personal computers had "basic"
> built into them as the operating
> system. You could just type any
> program that you wished to experiment
> on and run it. There are times that I
> have a mathematical algorism that I
> wish to test but currently computers
> don't have a simple way to do it. My
> question is: is there a way to write
> simple programs and run them?

Try Python. It's an interpreted oop language that's very easy to learn.

http://python.org/


Jon

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GW-BASIC and QBASIC both work with XP and can be downloaded for free.

Download GW-BASIC here! Below we have GWBASIC 3.23, GW-BASIC Manual,
Compiler, tutorials, examples and games, all absolutly free. Just click on
the blue lettered selection, save and un-zip.
http://www.geocities.com/KindlyRat/GWBASIC.html?200523

QBasic available here...
http://www.fluid.tue.nl/student/co [...] tware.html


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Dennis Marks <denmarks@yahoo.com> hunted and pecked:
> ... personal computers had "basic" built into them as the operating
> system. You could just type any program that you wished to experiment on
> and run it. There are times that I have a mathematical algorism that I
> wish to test but currently computers don't have a simple way to do it. My
> question is: is there a way to write simple programs and run them? I
> don't want to install a full blown system that actually creates programs.
> I just want to be able to run simple routines such as calculating pi.
> About the closest I can come to doing what I want is to create a
> JavaScript but that requires creating the full HTML for the page.

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XP can do

vbscript
jscript
cmd script
Assembler

and with the .NET framework installed

C.NET
VB.NET

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"Dennis Marks" <denmarks@yahoo.com> wrote in message newsx#9lquaFHA.3528@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> ... personal computers had "basic" built into them as the operating system.
> You could just type any program that you wished to experiment on and run it.
> There are times that I have a mathematical algorism that I wish to test but
> currently computers don't have a simple way to do it. My question is: is
> there a way to write simple programs and run them? I don't want to install a
> full blown system that actually creates programs. I just want to be able to
> run simple routines such as calculating pi. About the closest I can come to
> doing what I want is to create a JavaScript but that requires creating the
> full HTML for the page.
>
>

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Dennis Marks wrote:
>> ... personal computers had "basic" built into them as the operating
>> system. You could just type any program that you wished to
>> experiment on and run it. There are times that I have a mathematical
>> algorism that I wish to test but currently computers don't have a
>> simple way to do it. My question is: is there a way to write simple
>> programs and run them? I don't want to install a full blown system
>> that actually creates programs. I just want to be able to run simple
>> routines such as calculating pi. About the closest I can come to
>> doing what I want is to create a JavaScript but that requires
>> creating the full HTML for the page.

Forget VBScript.

1. You can use JScript [JavaScript] with the WSH [Windows Scripting Host].

2. You can also download and install the C# compiler for free:

http://www.netspade.com/articles/csharp/compilers.xml

This is an excellent option as you can leverage the power of a full blown
and native programming language for Windows.

or better yet go ahead and blow a few bucks ..

3. You can get yourself a copy of the Visual IDE for C# at a relatively
reasonable price. Here's the MSDN site but you can probably do better
price-wise:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy [...] fault.aspx