September 24th, 2019 at 4:16 AM
(September 24th, 2019 at 4:03 AM)SpookyZalost Wrote: You're completely right.
basic is fine, as is python and C++ but it's in C and Assembly where the people who do crazy stuff with systems shine.
plus I think I've only found a basic, and a C assembler for old consoles like the genesis, Atari 2600, NES, and C64
beyond that it's pure assembly code.
kinda hard to imagine that sonic the hedgehog, Super Mario Bros, Pac man, Asteroids, and donkey kong were all written in assembly huh?
Funnily enough, I've actually started seeing BASIC come back as a demand in the security/systems sectors of software engineering/tech. A bunch of recruiters have approached me at hackathons (not the other way around of me visitting their booth) and asked if I wanted a co-op placement (I'm a student, it's basically the equivalent of a paid internship done through the school.)
In almost every single brochure/pamphlet/folder they've given me with skills or job descriptions, BASIC has been on the list.
I've played around with a BASIC terminal before, actually. There's a pretty cool Z80 emulator for Windows called WinAPE. Comes with the default BASIC terminal, but also includes an assembler. That's mainly where I started learning anything about assembly, actually.
I consider it the python of assembly, since it pretty much is all interpreted or compiled JIT as far as I know. At least that's what it felt like when I briefly played with it in WinAPE.
Unless you're talking about basic as in visualbasic. If that's what you meant, that's absolutely unforgivable as the language was only meant to get older devs to migrate to the .NET/C# platform
