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Geek Culture / DarkBasic Origins?

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Zerk
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 20:51 Edited at: 31st Jul 2006 20:53
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BASIC (Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) was named this in order to convince people to use it. The acronym means nothing really if you think about it except that it "sounds" easy to use. There is nothing that says that just because the language is like "BASIC", that it has to be called "BASIC".

Something like "SIMPLE" for (Starters Instructional Multi-purpose Programming Language Environment) or perhaps "SIMPLEX" for (Starters Instructional Multi-purpose Programming Language Environment for X) would be no different than BASIC if you follow that mentality.

Or "GEM" for Games Easily Made?

My point is that yes, I would be more likely to notice something like "BASIC" or "SIMPLE" as to "Dark Messiah" if I were a beginner. But as an advanced user, I would probably scoff at first.

It's a touch decision.

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dab
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 20:53
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It's really bad when a friend see a book on my desk that says:
Beginner's Guide to Dark Basic Game Programming

They usually say, why would you need help with a basic language?

Even though they don't know what BASIC is.

Also, we could say that BASIC stands for something else.
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OSX Using Happy Dude
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Posted: 31st Jul 2006 21:01
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Apparently Vista may be delayed again. However, if the commercial version will be out at the end of the year - why does the home version need to be delayed !?

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Steam Assassin
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 00:43
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Quote: "Also, we could say that BASIC stands for something else."


Bad-ass
Apple
Special
Isometric
Cherub

There you go.



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Zerk
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 02:41 Edited at: 1st Aug 2006 02:42
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How about

B&!@^#
A@)!@#)
S*(@*#&
I#!@*&
C*(&!@#&

or otherwise known as "The Tourettes Engine"?

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 03:41
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I can't for the life of me figure out the naughty word you used that begins with the letter "I" -- and it's driving me crazy not knowing.


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Hobgoblin Lord
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 04:00
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I think its "Inkjet" Matt, curse word if I ever heard one.

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 04:07
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Inkjet! Man, that's dirty. You're a sick individual Zerk. How DARE you say such filth on TGC! You should be banned for using such language imo


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HowDo
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 06:38
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another name could be,


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Steam Assassin
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 07:47
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I still think that

Bad-ass
Apple
Special
Isometric
Cherub

is better than anything else.


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Zerk
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Posted: 1st Aug 2006 15:11
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I = icehole

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Matt Rock
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Posted: 2nd Aug 2006 05:26
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Suuure. We know what you meant. Saying such vulgarity as i**jet could get you banned


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