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[Agamemnus]

(add your own or disagree about them, or add parts to parts.)

THE QB CONSTITUTION

If we don't use QB, what are we?

Sure, you may learn other languages or whatnot, but QB is still good, for these 7 or more reasons:

1) One misplaced parentheses won't kill the whole program.

2) A non-confusing print routine / graphics routine is there for you, so you can instantly start coding.

3) It's faster than Java, usually. And you don't have to muck around Sun's website to find the compiler and figure out how the hell you're going to use it.

4) It can use external ASM routines, from which you can actually make QB speed competitive (in most respects with C++ speed)

5) It's easy to read and understand. Even spaghetti code is easy to fix into better code if you know what you're doing. I fixed a whole line-number spaghetti-code gig into a real game!

6) It works for those cheap computers in the Phillipines.

7) IT WORKS IN UNIX.

Well ok that was 1/2 sarcasm and 1/2 truth. You can emulate DOS.. with *Java* VNC stuff and with dosemu. Supposedly.

[Hexadecimal Disaster]

If we don't use QB, what are we? Lazy lamers, according to some. :roll:


1. No, but usually the proggie will malfunction.

2. True. Not the best, though, but hey! Better than nothing...

3. :o *silence*

4. C/C++ can use ASM too.

5. True again. That's one of the leitmotifs of BASIC: easy to understand.

6. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEL!

7. :o *no comments again*

[relsoft]

6) It works for those cheap computers in the Phillipines.



CHEAP?!!!!
LOL

Hey don't forget that you could make a 3d rotator and a floormapper in 9 lines of QB code w/o libs. Now try that with C, C++, Delphi or any of your flavors!!!

:*)

[LooseCaboose]

Okay, its not quite 9 lines and I didnt write it (I reformated the code a little, it was a bit longer and less readable :roll, but the following C program is a ascii based 3d maze game. It uses the \, /, | and _ characters to render the scene. Both the game code and level data is included in the C file.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#define X(s) (!(s&3)-((s&3)==2))
#define W while
char Z[82][82],A,B,f,g=26;z(q){return atoi(q);}m(d,l){return
Z[B + X (f+3) * d+l *X(f+2)][A+X(f)*d+l*X(f+3)];}int h=0;
D(p,s)char*s; {W(h>>3<p>> 3 ) {putchar('\t'); h = (h+8)&~7 ;}W(h < p ){putchar(' ');++h;}
(void)printf("%s",s);h+=strlen(s);}main(x,a)char **a; {
# define P(x) (x?(5-(x))*(6-(x ))/2:11)
int b; { char b[256],i,  j=0;  FILE*F;F=fopen(x-1?a[1]:"buzzard.c","r");W(
fgets( b ,256 ,F)){for(i=0;b[ i];++ i)
Z[j][i]=(b[i]==' '?1:2*(b[i]==(x>2?*a[2]:'\\')));++j;}fclose
(F);}A=4;B=3;f=1;x >3? A=z(a[3]),B=z(a[4]):0;b='\n';do{if(b=='\n'
){int y,s,d,p,q,i;for(y=-11; y<= 11;++ y){ for(s = 1 ,d=0;s+3;s-=2){for(;d!=2+3*s;d+=s){
if(m(d,0)!=1){p=P(d);if(abs(y)<p&& !m(d, 0 )||abs(y)>p)break;for
(i=-p;i<p;++i)D(g+i*2,"--");D(0,"\-");break;}if(d==5)continue;
p=P(d+1);q=P(d);if(abs(y)>q)continue;if(abs(y)<p)D(g-s*(2*p+1),"|");else if(m(d,s)){if
(abs(y)<=p)for(i=(s==1?-q:p);i!=(s==1?-p:q);
(abs(y)),++i)D(g+2*i+(s==-1),"--");}else if(abs(y)==p)D(g-s*(2*p+1),"|");else D(g-(abs(y)    *s*2),(s==1)^(y>0)?"\\":"/");}d-=s;}puts("");h=0;}}f+=(b=='r')-(b=='l');f&=3;if(b=='f'){
if(!m(1,0))continue;A+=X(f);B+=X(f-1);}}W((b=getchar())!=-1&&m(0,0)==1);return 0;}

Confusing eh? Wanna see more like it, check out:
http://www.ioccc.org/

[Agamemnus]

but it isn't readable. I'll try it.

(edit)

Error. Kernel32.dll error.

[pr0gger]

It works in UNIX!!???

:bounce:

[Agamemnus]

Only with emulation. Unfortunately. Perhaps someday someone will make a 100% clone (minus the bugs).

[LooseCaboose]

The code may have got hashed a little when I pasted it, try getting the original (buzzard.c) from ioccc. It may not compile correctly with a large number of compilers, because obfuscated C code tends to stress some of the lesser compilers out there (*cough* MSVC *cough*). IIRC the entries are tested with the System V compiler, BSD compiler and gcc (among others), you could try one of those. And what do you mean its not readable? :o

[Agamemnus]

Well of course it's readable. I was just kidding.

:rotfl:

[Shogun]

Okay, its not quite 9 lines and I didnt write it (I reformated the code a little, it was a bit longer and less readable :roll, but the following C program is a ascii based 3d maze game. It uses the \, /, | and _ characters to render the scene. Both the game code and level data is included in the C file.

Code:

#include <stdio.h>
#define X(s) (!(s&3)-((s&3)==2))
#define W while
char Z[82][82],A,B,f,g=26;z(q){return atoi(q);}m(d,l){return
Z[B + X (f+3) * d+l *X(f+2)][A+X(f)*d+l*X(f+3)];}int h=0;
D(p,s)char*s; {W(h>>3<p>> 3 ) {putchar('\t'); h = (h+8)&~7 ;}W(h < p ){putchar(' ');++h;}
(void)printf("%s",s);h+=strlen(s);}main(x,a)char **a; {
# define P(x) (x?(5-(x))*(6-(x ))/2:11)
int b; { char b[256],i,  j=0;  FILE*F;F=fopen(x-1?a[1]:"buzzard.c","r");W(
fgets( b ,256 ,F)){for(i=0;b[ i];++ i)
Z[j][i]=(b[i]==' '?1:2*(b[i]==(x>2?*a[2]:'\\')));++j;}fclose
(F);}A=4;B=3;f=1;x >3? A=z(a[3]),B=z(a[4]):0;b='\n';do{if(b=='\n'
){int y,s,d,p,q,i;for(y=-11; y<= 11;++ y){ for(s = 1 ,d=0;s+3;s-=2){for(;d!=2+3*s;d+=s){
if(m(d,0)!=1){p=P(d);if(abs(y)<p&& !m(d, 0 )||abs(y)>p)break;for
(i=-p;i<p;++i)D(g+i*2,"--");D(0,"\-");break;}if(d==5)continue;
p=P(d+1);q=P(d);if(abs(y)>q)continue;if(abs(y)<p)D(g-s*(2*p+1),"|");else if(m(d,s)){if
(abs(y)<=p)for(i=(s==1?-q:p);i!=(s==1?-p:q);
(abs(y)),++i)D(g+2*i+(s==-1),"--");}else if(abs(y)==p)D(g-s*(2*p+1),"|");else D(g-(abs(y)    *s*2),(s==1)^(y>0)?"\\":"/");}d-=s;}puts("");h=0;}}f+=(b=='r')-(b=='l');f&=3;if(b=='f'){
if(!m(1,0))continue;A+=X(f);B+=X(f-1);}}W((b=getchar())!=-1&&m(0,0)==1);return 0;}

Confusing eh? Wanna see more like it, check out:
http://www.ioccc.org/

*trys to read it*
*gives up after 5 min being very frustrated over the silly pice of code*
*edited*
hey where did the main go????