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Wow this looks old, almost like GWBasic.

I would suggest flow charting this thing first, then creating it in Ruby
from your chart rather than trying to translate it line for line.

2009/11/2 Martin DeMello <martindemello / gmail.com>

> "8k MICROSOFT BASIC", apparently :) It's the one here:
> http://www.dunnington.u-net.com/public/basicgames/HMRABI
>
> martin
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 2:01 AM, William Manire <williamkmanire / gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > BASIC wasn't that bad...
> >
> > it was horrible :)
> >
> > Just out of curiosity, which BASIC interpreter was the BASIC script
> you're
> > trying to port written for?
> >
> > 2009/11/2 Martin DeMello <martindemello / gmail.com>
> >
> >> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:29 AM, James Edward Gray II
> >> <james / graysoftinc.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I wrote a super minimal BASIC interpreter to avoid translating the
> code.
> >> >  (Yes, I am aware that's insane.  I'll seek help.)
> >>
> >> Wow, I thought translating the code would be fairly simple, but it's a
> >> morass of gotos and one-letter variables. I think I'd have written the
> >> interpreter a lot quicker :) But now my stubborn side has kicked in
> >> and I'm going to finish the translation instead.
> >>
> >> martin
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> > --
> > William Kevin Manire
> > Lead Developer
> > Edge Of Nowhere LLC (http://www.edgeofnowherellc.com)
> > (206) 384-5826
> >
>
>


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