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..^U:ZERO. BASICS: WHY LEARN TO PROG
RAM?.. BY FENDER TUCKER.. I
READ THROUGH ALL OF THE.CRITIQUES SENT
TO US VIA FEEDBACK.MACHINE AND I SEE THA
T A LOT OF.LOADSTAR READERS DON'T DO ANY
.PROGRAMMING. MANY SAY THEY'D LIKE.TO,
BUT CAN'T GET STARTED. OTHERS.SAY THEY
DON'T NEED TO PROGRAM, THEY.JUST WANT TO
USE THE THOUSANDS OF.PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
TO C-64 OWNERS... ON OTHER, MORE COM
PLICATED.MACHINES IT IS A MAJOR TASK LEA
RNING.TO PROGRAM, BUT THE C-64 WAS DESIG
NED.WITH PROGRAMMING IN MIND.... I LE
ARNED TO PROGRAM BECAUSE IT.SEEMED TO ME
TO BE THE ULTIMATE.PUZZLE. SOLVING ALL
OF THE PROBLEMS/.PUZZLES ENCOUNTERED IN
WRITING AND.FINISHING A PROGRAM IS EQUI
VALENT TO.WORKING EVERY PUZZLE IN A TYPI
CAL.GAMES MAGAZINE... THE KICK YOU GE
T WHEN THE PROGRAM.IS FINISHED IS GREATE
R, THOUGH,.BECAUSE YOU SUPPLIED THE PUZZ
LES AND.SOLVED THEM, RATHER THAN JUST SO
LVING.SOMEONE ELSE'S. IT'S "CREATIVE" T
O.WRITE A PROGRAM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF.
SATISFACTION IN CREATING...... ANOTHE
R REASON FOR LEARNING SOME.BASIC PROGRAM
MING IS MORE PRAGMATIC..OFTEN, PROGRAMS
WON'T DO EXACTLY WHAT.YOU WANT THEM TO D
O, BUT WITH JUST A.LITTLE BIT OF TWEAKIN
G, THEY WOULD..I GOT A LETTER FROM A LOA
DSTAR FAN.WHO WANTED US TO MAKE SURE ALL
.PROGRAMS THAT ASKED FOR A DATE ENTRY,.S
UCH AS MO-DA-YR, ALSO ALLOW THIS.FORMAT,
DA-MO-YR. I'M NOT SO SURE I.WANT ALL O
F OUR PROGRAMS TO ASK,."WHICH FORMAT DO
YOU WISH TO USE?".BEFORE ASKING FOR THE
DATE. IT'S AN.EXTRA DELAY BEFORE GETTIN
G TO THE.MEAT OF A PROGRAM... THE IDE
AL THING IS FOR THE USER.TO CUSTOMIZE IT
FOR HIS NEEDS... EVEN MORE PRAGMATIC
IS DEALING.WITH BUGS, OR HARDWARE INCOM
PATIBILI-.TIES. EVERY TIME WE PUBLISH A
PROGRAM.THAT REQUIRES THE GRAPHICS MODE
ON A.PRINTER, WE TELL JOEL REA, OUR.CUS
TOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE, TO.GET REA
DY FOR CALLS FROM PEOPLE WHO.WILL HAVE P
ROBLEMS WITH THE PRINTOUT... GENERALL
Y, IT'S JUST A MATTER OF.CHANGING A FEW
COMMANDS SENT VIA A.PRINT# STATEMENT TO
THE PRINTER..SOME OF OUR LATER PROGRAMS.
INCORPORATE THIS CAPABILITY IN THE.PROGR
AM ITSELF. THEY ASK THE USER.FOR THE GR
APHICS ESCAPE CODES THAT.THEIR PRINTER R
EQUIRES. OLDER.PROGRAMS AREN'T SO SOPHI
STICATED... HOWEVER, IF YOU KNOW WHAT
TO LOOK.FOR, AND WHAT TO CHANGE, IT'S A
SNAP.TO CUSTOMIZE THE PROGRAM TO WORK W
ITH.YOUR PRINTER. KNOWLEDGE OF PEEKS AN
D.POKES AREN'T NECESSARY -- JUST A.FAMIL
IARITY WITH THE PRINT# SYNTAX... BUGS
CAN OFTEN BE FIXED BY.CHANGING A LINE O
R TWO IN A PROGRAM..IT CAN SAVE YOU A LO
T OF TIME WAITING.FOR A BUG FIX IN THE M
AIL IF YOU CAN.DIG INTO THE CODE AND FIX
IT.YOURSELF. NOT ALL COMPANIES RESPOND
.AS LOADSTAR DOES WHEN A BUG SLIPS BY.TH
EM...... THIS BRINGS US TO THE MOST.C
OMPELLING REASON OF ALL FOR LEARNING.TO
PROGRAM: COLD, HARD CASH. YOU CAN.ACTUA
LLY MAKE MONEY WITH YOUR.PROGRAMS! SOME
PEOPLE EVEN MAKE A.LIVING BY WRITING PR
OGRAMS. I WISH I.COULD, BUT BY THE TIME
I TAKE CARE OF.ALL OF THE MUNDANE, EDIT
ORIAL THINGS I.AM FORCED TO DO EVERYDAY,
THERE'S.LITTLE TIME LEFT FOR PROGRAMMIN
G..JEFF AND SCOTT DO PRETTY GOOD, THOUGH
... IF YOU HAVE A GOOD IDEA FOR A.PRO
GRAM, AND CAN GET IT TO WORK, YOU.CAN MA
KE A FEW HUNDRED BUCKS BY.SELLING IT TO
LOADSTAR, OR SOME OF.THE OTHER C-64 PUBL
ICATIONS... BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THERE'
S ANOTHER.REASON FOR LEARNING TO PROGRAM
..OFTEN YOU'LL NEED TO DO SOME LITTLE,.R
EPETITIVE TASK LIKE SCRATCHING OR.RENAMI
NG A BUNCH OF FILES. A Q&D.(QUICK AND D
IRTY) PROGRAM THAT TAKES.MAYBE THREE MIN
UTES TO ENTER CAN SAVE.YOU A LOT OF TIME
. BEFORE GETTING.WARPSPEED, WHICH HAS A
FILE READER.FUNCTION, I USED TO TYPE THE
SE.IMMORTAL LINES A LOT... 10 OPEN8,8,8,
"FILENAME". 20 FORI=0TO1:GET#8,A$:PRINTA
$;:I=ST:. NEXT. 30 CLOSE8..IT'S HANDIER
THAN LOADING UP A.WORDPROCESSOR JUST TO
READ A FILE... FINALLY, I SHOULD POIN
T OUT THAT."PROGRAMMING" COVERS A WIDE S
PECTRUM..EVERYONE SHOULD KNOW HOW TO LOA
D,.SAVE, SCRATCH, RENAME, COPY, FORMAT,.
ETC. THOSE ARE ACTUALLY DOS COMMANDS,.B
UT USING THEM IS A LOT LIKE.PROGRAMMING.
IT'S A SIMPLE MATTER TO.STEP UP TO USI
NG AND UNDERSTANDING.COMMANDS LIKE PRINT
, PRINT#, LIST,.TAB, GOSUB, GOTO, PEEK,
POKE, GET,.INPUT, FOR-NEXT, ETC... YO
U CAN WRITE VERY USEFUL.PROGRAMS USING O
NLY A FEW OF THE 70.OR SO BASIC 2.0 COMM
ANDS. THEN, AS.YOU NEED THEM, YOU CAN L
EARN ABOUT.COMMANDS THAT ARE MORE SPECIA
LIZED.... CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF,
.HIGHER MATH IS NOT NEEDED IN.PROGRAMMIN
G. ALGEBRA IS ABOUT AS FAR.AS YOU NEED
TO GO TO BE A PROGRAMMER..BLASPHEMOUS AS
THIS MAY SOUND, I WISH.THAT I HAD TAKEN
GOLF INSTEAD OF ALL.OF THOSE CALCULUS C
LASSES I HAD IN.COLLEGE. A LOW HANDICAP
CARRIES MORE.WEIGHT IN POLITE CONVERSAT
ION THAN A.KNOWLEDGE OF DIFFERENTIAL EQU
ATIONS... STARTING NEXT ISSUE, WE'RE.
INITIATING A ZERO PAGE SERIES ON.BEGINNI
NG BASIC PROGRAMMING. JEFF.JONES WILL S
TART AT THE BEGINNING AND.LEAD YOU THROU
GH THE STEPS ALL.PROGRAMMERS HAVE TO CLI
MB ON THEIR.WAY TO WRITING A PROGRAM...
AFTER RE-READING THE ABOVE.ARTICLE, I
SEE I HAVE LEFT OUT THE.BIGGEST REASON
FOR LEARNING TO.PROGRAM: IT'S FUN! READ
STEVEN.LEVY'S EXCELLENT HISTORY OF THE
HOME.COMPUTER REVOLUTION, "HACKERS", AND
.YOU'LL REALIZE THAT IT NEVER WOULD.HAVE
HAPPENED IF IT HADN'T BEEN SUCH.FUN...
HERE AT THE TOWER, "FUN" IS A BIG.WOR
D.. FT.
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