Posted by richard on 10/08/06 19:34

"mbstevens" <NOXwebmasterx@xmbstevensx.com> wrote in message
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> richard wrote:
>> Anyone ever tried writing a program using BASIC to write HTML?
>> With Liberty Basic able to function while Windows is operating, with a
>> lot more stuff than the old BASIC, I was thinking that in some cases,
>> doing so might be interesting.
>> Since HTML is basically text, one could write a program that would do all
>> the tags and attributes for you.
>>
>
> Suggest you download a free copy of Perl, Python, or Ruby for that kind of
> thing:
> http://www.activestate.com/
>
> These languages are better suited for text manipulation, and have a good
> track record for creating HTML pages on the fly. You will also want a
> language with regular expressions built in or in modules.
>
> Plus, Basic encourages spaghetti code. Any program of reasonable size
> becomes hard to understand. If you are an absolute beginner I suggest
> Python.

Liberty Basic while based on the original, also now includes many functions
and capabilities not found in the original.
It is being developed to be compatible with current internet usage and
computers.

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