Don't buy
Don't buy. Lots of functions do not work.
Good BASIC Interpreter
Amazing little app! It needs some ingenuity to load existing BASIC programs (using copy & paste) but seems to work fine. It has some useful additional functions and some examples of how to use them would be useful.
Lots of bugs
Don't buy. Lots of functions do not work.
GPS location does not work
I am very disappointed that the GPS location function does not work. I was really looking forward to using it in my own program :(
Don’t believe the hype
GPS and location will not work. It’s pretty crippled by iOS
EXCELLENT APP!
Thanks so much for providing this! I've been looking for a BASIC that wasn't stripped down, be mobile for my iPhone, and was delighted this is it! I'm an amateur astronomer and I was using an awkward spreadsheet out in the field, which was cumbersome/very time-consuming to keep updated. Now I've written a program to handle it automatically. I spend more time preparing for my next viewing run instead of missing it! Thanks again!
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There's no Break!
How do you force a program to terminate short of exiting the app?
Does not work on 6.1.3
This is the first ios App that I have ever purchased that doesnt even open. £3.99 rip - off . How do I get a refund?
Nice, but a few comments
Needs better docs on using some functions, especially the accelerometer, touch, and vibrate functions. Very cumbersome editor also. Overall a fun way to relive the days of old basic line numbered spaghetti code and to appreciate how good coders have it now!! Also crashes sometimes when getting out of the full edit mode. Hopefully subsequent releases will address some or all of these issues.
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Needs work
Not very easy to use and no where near the features of Basic!, v3.2.2 which is less than half the price. Both need printable docs
Good interpreter, needs doc interact
This by far the most fun basic interpreter on the iPhone to code for.
My only request is for document interaction support (so you can take a text, bas, or image file from another app and import it into this one, and export arbitrary files to other apps)
My only request is for document interaction support (so you can take a text, bas, or image file from another app and import it into this one, and export arbitrary files to other apps)
Works Great
HotPaw basic is a program that works wonderfully like the GW Basic as in good old days. I have tested it on gear engineering calculations I used before and it works perfectly and delivers accurate results. The only thing that drives me nuts is the screen is so small entering a large program is like doing fine embroidery testing my patience.
I wish you would produce also a MS QuickBasic similar program to extend this helluva Good Work. Thank You.
I can't wait to see the HPQuickBasic.
I wish you would produce also a MS QuickBasic similar program to extend this helluva Good Work. Thank You.
I can't wait to see the HPQuickBasic.
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not ready
It is more a toy than a programming language. The function RND gives very weird results. I suspect problems with other functions as well.
Good luck to the reviewer who said he was writing probabilistic simulations.
In addition, it is VERY cumbersome to edit your program.
Just an overpriced toy.
Good luck to the reviewer who said he was writing probabilistic simulations.
In addition, it is VERY cumbersome to edit your program.
Just an overpriced toy.
Very handy for repetitive, recursive or involved calculations
I've used Basic for complicated calculations since the days of the Apple II+. This implementation is very useful, as it includes most functions and operations that I need. Single precision is ok and I suppose double would be too much to hope for (I'll use Chipmunk Basic for that on my Mac). The graphics features are an added bonus. I am very happy that the Ready prompt was modified to be less intrusive. It's very cool to have a straightforward programming language on the iPad. While waiting at the car dealer I was running a probabilistic simulation. How cool (or geeky) is that?
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fun and powerfull
If you come from the old basic backround you will love this.
I came from an apple basic backround and learned 8 other versions of basic a long the way.
This is really fun and powerfull you will like it!!
A nice BASIC implementation but with scope for further improvement
This is a very nice implementation of BASIC, with a fairly comprehensive library of commands and functions. It's perfectly capable of being used to write some small apps for which there are no standard iPhone app equivalents, but don't expect to be building the next Angry Birds with it!
Some things I'd like to see in future versions:
- Landscape mode editing
- When in Landscape, allow the user to split the screen into two channels: program editing and program execution
- Full screen editor rather than the command line editor
- access to iOS objects such as buttons, dialogues etc. Not sure whether this is possible or even allowed?
- better documentation (the web site says that this is currently being written, so that should be addressed soon hopefully)
- ideally, documentation built in, so you cold double-tap on a function and the function help would appear.
- ideally, the ability to write programs without line numbers - I suspect that this is unlikely to be possible though without a major rewrite of the language engine
- some way of getting listings onto the iPhone, not just out of it via the email facility. That way programs could be written on your Mac/PC in a text editor and then run on the iPhone.
All in all, a useful and fun app.
Some things I'd like to see in future versions:
- Landscape mode editing
- When in Landscape, allow the user to split the screen into two channels: program editing and program execution
- Full screen editor rather than the command line editor
- access to iOS objects such as buttons, dialogues etc. Not sure whether this is possible or even allowed?
- better documentation (the web site says that this is currently being written, so that should be addressed soon hopefully)
- ideally, documentation built in, so you cold double-tap on a function and the function help would appear.
- ideally, the ability to write programs without line numbers - I suspect that this is unlikely to be possible though without a major rewrite of the language engine
- some way of getting listings onto the iPhone, not just out of it via the email facility. That way programs could be written on your Mac/PC in a text editor and then run on the iPhone.
All in all, a useful and fun app.
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HotPaw really works
I needed a complex engineering programme I wrote in Basic 30 years ago in my iphone and now that's a reality. I am not sure whether there is a method to just place a program into the approriate folder because I did find copying and pasting each line into the little edit window tedious. Documents to Go helped with this.
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WOW! This is great!
I thought BASIC was gone. This is just what I've waiting for. I sure there's a compiler in the works, or at least a way to create an icon that will allow me to launch a BASIC program without having to load it manually. Great job on the app. Don't let it end here. Thank you.
