On 2025-12-16 00:55, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
On Mon, 15 Dec 2025 18:44:06 +0000, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
[Python is] the modern BASIC. Great for hacking stuff up, bur bare
metal it aint.
Unlike BASIC, Python’s facilities for doing low-level stuff are a bit
more advanced than PEEK and POKE. ;)
I don't remember how we did id with the Microsoft basic compiler in the
90's. QC40? I think we linked an external obj or lib file that did the
actual job, provided by the manufacturer of the data acquisition card we
used.
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