using LC as an emulator

[Mike Kerner]

I have all the source, so that isn't the problem.

On Tue, Nov 7, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Rick Harrison via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

> I used to work on HP-3000s in HP BASIC, COBOL, and FORTRAN.
> What a pain in the you know what!
>
> Rick
>
>
> > On Nov 7, 2017, at 2:48 PM, Jerry Jensen via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >
> > I too have spent way too much of my life in HP BASIC. IIRC, it is
> tokenized before storing (around here called byte codes). One approach
> might be to figure a way to get at the HPB tokens and emulate each of them
> in LC. Also IIRC HPB uses a pretty simple symbol table for variables and
> such.
> >
> > Do you know about HTBasic which emulated HPBasic under DOS (I think)?
> The company was Trans-Era. I have no idea if they are still around.
> >
> > .Jerry
> >
> >> On Nov 7, 2017, at 8:42 AM, Mike Kerner via use-livecode <
> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> No, the ERP is written in HP BASIC, so I would want to emulate the
> >> language, given the breadth and number of programs.  I was thinking
> about
> >> writing wrappers for the various commands and functions of the language,
> >> but it won't be easy, no matter what I do.
> >
> >
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