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It is unlikely that my program will be considered decent but I hope it will not be indecent. I have a copy of TT's spell device but I don't know how to use it. As far as I can see Wordle is a five letter word game, so I am not sure how useful a dictionary database would be. I am using a small list (...

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But you haven't seen my Qwordle. It might not be that bad.

Wordle featured on BBC radio 4 this morning and so I had a look at it. Might it not be a good idea to write a Qwordle? Now, I am a recreational BASIC programmer on HD SMSQE, so my attempt to write such a program will be amateurish but when I finish it, I will post it here. I will try to make it play...

Xora suggests that it is a doddle for a noob to learn how to write a windowing application program in assembly on AmigaOS, and on Windows if you stick to MFC, so I decided to have a look on-line at his two suggestions. A longtime ago the SMS2 PEROM setup was criticised by Jochen Mertz as being too e...

Fame at last!. I am mentioned more than once in Norm's new eComic and I'm honored to be so mentioned. I am pleased to be called Tiny. It is an apt name for my place in the greater scheme of things. Norm's friendly writing style is a pleasure to read and this exciting new episode is no exception beca...

Post by dilwyn » Sat Jan 22, 2022 8:38 pm When it comes to QLiberator external procedures, there's been extensive discussion about them (on this forum) Thank you for the tip. I searched for the discussions and found them. I will do my usual trick of collating the posts into a single document to rea...

Derek posted:- SQUARE 2 did not display anything in Channel #1 and did not return to the command prompt. Is there a problem with SMSQ/E ? I have updated my QPC2 setup with Qlib v3.36. REM $$external now works (kind of). A new instruction is added to SBASIC and works within a compiled program but if...

Given that Derek had no problems with $$external, I thought I would check the version of Qlib installed om my setups. I found that, although I thought I was using v3.36, I am, in fact, using v3.31 which does not support the directive. Dylwin hosts 6 versions of Qlib on his site and states that:- &qu...

I have been trying to create external procedures and then making them resident, without success. I have read pages 74,75 and 76 of the Qlib manual. When I try to LRESPR a BASIC object file SMSQE crashes. I compiled part of the sample code found on page 75, as follows:- Rem $$external Def proc square...

I have recently been distracted by the discovery that, apparently, Python has overtaken French as the most popular "language" taught in primary schools. It is described, variously, as "an easy language to learn, simple to use, concise, expressive, highly productive and popular because...