This is Basic: a quick introduction for programmers

The book is a heavily abridged version of This is Basic on MultiValue systems and is aimed at programmers who have worked with other programming languages and wish to make a quick move to using Basic on a MultiValue system.

The book is designed to serve as an introduction to the nature and form of Basic.

The Chapter headings include:

• Introducing Basic

• Basic program development

• Data types & data structures

• Manipulating the data

• Input statements

• PRINT and printing

• Controlling the processing

• Subroutines

• System facilities

• File handling

The topics introduced here can be followed up in the accompanying publications

• This is Basic on D³
• This is Basic on Power95
• This is mv.Basic on mv.BASE
• This is Basic on MultiValue systems
• This is Basic: Taskbook

The presentation is based on Malcolm Bull's experience of using the language on MultiValue systems for over 20 years, and addresses all dialects of the language as it is implemented on those systems

Each major element of the Basic language is introduced, described and illustrated in action

The book is designed to be used for general reading, and also as an essential element of MultiValue training courses. It is suitable for use by beginners, by experienced users, and by technical users

The book – like all the titles in our popular This is... series - is produced in a format which enables training organisations and software houses to include it as a part of their own education and training materials, and which allows us to keep the material up-to-date as the systems grow and extend the features and facilities which are available within the language.

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© Malcolm Bull 2007 / MB Training & Consultancy Services / MBTraining@aol.com
Revised 4th September 2007 / tibmvq / 4