Chapter 17
RISC OS Coding
In This Chapter
Finding out about BBC BASIC
Seeing how to code in a desktop environment
Experiencing the awesome speed of BASIC
Generating 17th-century insults from the desktop
Shattering desktop illusions
Putting images through a kaleidoscopic ringer
A RISC OS system is easy to program. Not only can you run simple programs, but you can also build complete desktop applications without too much bother. Unlike Linux, the operating system is almost static — it doesn’t change very often and code you write tends to have a remarkable shelf life. This is because most of the changes in the operating system maintain an unprecedented degree of backward compatibility.
In this chapter, we show you how to go about writing code, starting off with the simple “Hello world!” program. Then we move on to a desktop insulting machine and graphics modes, and end up mangling bits ...
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