Going from Basic to C

By Robert J. Traister

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0133577996
• ISBN13: 9780133577990
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Ptr
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

The title says it all.

This book shows side-by-side BASIC to C code. Luckily, BASIC and C are so similar that you do not have to change paradigms to take advantage of the power of C. If you were going from COBOL to C, a side-by-side reference would get you in trouble; you would end up with a COBOL program written in C. This program would be bulkier after compiling and run slower than the original COBOL. Basic, on the other hand, is not so restricted in coding form and has to take advantage of PEEK and POKE to do addressing and take advantage of VECTORS. Sort of like C pointers. This book is not comprehensive in either language. It is a practical starting point. There are ten chapters and a summation. There are no appendices.

translator needs big job.

My students translate basic program to C program. But C program is not faster than basic program. The reason is that string operation in basic is simple, but the student describe string operation much complicated than basic. This book is very good for such a student.

The title says it all

This book shows side by side basic to C code. Luckily basic and C are so similar that you do not have to change paradigms to take advantage of the power of C. If you were going from COBOL to C, a side by side reference would get you in trouble; you would end up with a COBOL program written in C. This program would be bulkier after compiling and run slower than the original COBOL. Basic on the other has is not so restricted in coding form and also can take advantage of PEEK and POKE to do addressing and take advantage of VECTORS. This book is not comprehensive of either language. It is a practical starting point. There are ten chapters and a summation. There are no appendixes.