09-28-2023, 09:37 AM
Hi,
I understand we want to make it easier for non English users (especially children, since adults can usually handle translation as you do). I am trying to be clear about the exact idea and how it could work with the current Small Basic without compatibility issues, for example not making any changes to the compiler.
So, in my first reply I showed how the IDEs and intellisence (including language characters) can be made international. This leaves just the keywords, commands and function names.
From your last post, I think you are describing a lookup conversion for these keywords and commands (since everything else is already available). This would be possible, but several practical challenges are there. For example:
The main reason to start this forum was to see if there is a community of young Small Basic programmers wanting help that wasn't being catered for elsewhere. So far the answer appears to be no. Also, since my website has been back up, there have been only 2 downloads of SB-Prime and I suspect they are not children. At the moment it appears there is little interest apart from maybe 5 or 6 nostalgic enthusiastic adults (like me and you).
I understand we want to make it easier for non English users (especially children, since adults can usually handle translation as you do). I am trying to be clear about the exact idea and how it could work with the current Small Basic without compatibility issues, for example not making any changes to the compiler.
So, in my first reply I showed how the IDEs and intellisence (including language characters) can be made international. This leaves just the keywords, commands and function names.
From your last post, I think you are describing a lookup conversion for these keywords and commands (since everything else is already available). This would be possible, but several practical challenges are there. For example:
- For children, it has to be really easy to use (no options or #define setup).
- It cannot be implemented in standard Small Basic IDE, that leaves SB-Prime. SB-Prime is not aimed at the first time child user, do any children even use it?
- How would the intellisense work with alternative language keywords?
- Recently I have been actively looking at the Small Basic community and I haven't encountered a single question or interaction on any platform from a young programmer, so at the moment I am unsure if there really is a community of young programmers that would use it?
The main reason to start this forum was to see if there is a community of young Small Basic programmers wanting help that wasn't being catered for elsewhere. So far the answer appears to be no. Also, since my website has been back up, there have been only 2 downloads of SB-Prime and I suspect they are not children. At the moment it appears there is little interest apart from maybe 5 or 6 nostalgic enthusiastic adults (like me and you).