Short: Acorn Basic V interpreter Author: David Daniels, Morphos port by Fabrizio "Lanch" Bartoloni Uploader: lanch tiscali it (Fabrizio Bartoloni) Type: dev/basic Version: 1.0.19 Architecture: ppc-morphos Introduction ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brandy is a Basic V interpreter. It is source code compatible with Acorn's Basic V interpreter and runs under a number of different operating systems. It currently works with RISC OS, NetBSD (arm32 and i386), Linux (X86) and DOS using the DJGPP DOS extender. The aim of this project is to write a Basic interpreter that is compatible with the Acorn interpreter and that runs identically across all supported operating systems, emulating features of the RISC OS environment where necessary so that a program will run unchanged using the Acorn interpreter under RISC OS or this one under any other OS. No attempt has been made to support features of operating systems other than RISC OS, for example, it is not possible to make operating system calls from within a program except under RISC OS. The program is simply a Basic interpreter and that is all. These notes describe how to use the program and discuss differences between it and Acorn's interpreter. They also detail the extensions to Basic V that have been implemented and finish with some miscellaneous remarks about the program and a list of the known bugs. Copyright ~~~~~~~~~ Brandy is copyright (C) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 David Daniels. The program is distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL. Brandy is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version. Brandy is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Brandy; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. Disclaimer ~~~~~~~~~~ The Brandy Basic interpreter is provided 'as is' and people using it do so entirely at their own risk. No liability whatsoever will be accepted for any loss or damage arising from the use of this software.