Introducing BASIC: A Structured Approach

By Steven C. Lawlor

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 015512658X
• ISBN13: 9780155126589
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: Harcourt College Pub
• Length: 149 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.5" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The death knell of spaghetti code

This book was produced after spaghetti code programming was already widespread, not only with basic but also with languages you wouldn't expect to be involved in spaghetti code, such as COBOL. However, people programming in BASIC were notorious for creating spaghetti code, as the language was much closer to FORTRAN, and with the addition of “peek” and “poke,” you could do some assembly. This book was created long before the idea of object-oriented programming. So, it was groundbreaking at its time. One entry point, one exit point, and clear logic that the next programmer could follow. I keep this book on my shelf to remind me of days gone by. Another good book from that era of trash 80 is “Micro Computer Games.”