Talk:BASIC interpreter

The article is missing the following, at the least:

• History
• Development
  • Language design
    • The ANSI standardization of BASIC
    • Support for computed GOTO, in Integer BASIC as well as Tiny BASIC (e.g., GOTO 100*X instead of ON X GOTO 100, 200, 300)
    • Add note about new graphic commands, perhaps starting with Level I
    • Contrast with Apple II, add Apple I story about Breakout and changing colors
    • [maps]
    • PEEK/POKE, USR()
    • Add to language design contrast of DEC vs HP Time-Shared BASIC, from that article; add to string handling a reference back to the discussion there
    • Comparison of most common BASIC keywords
  • Architecture
  • Coding
  • Virtual machines
• Program editing and storage
• Variables and data types
• Execution
  • Parsing
• Bibliography
  • Update bibliography; add Further Reading with annotated source for PATB, Altair, Atari BASIC, and Integer BASIC
  • List annotated source code for Further Reading:
    • Pittman's
    • PATB
    • Atari BASIC
    • Altair BASIC annotated
    • Integer BASIC
• Keep Size guidelines in mind

Jeffrey Henning (talk) 16:30, 2 August 2020 (UTC)