How did we get to this point?
Hi! I'm Ethan.
I'm a software engineer. My first introduction to programming was QB64, an IDE for developing modern applications in BASIC.
Here is an example of some valid QB64 code:
Print "Ethan"The line above will print the string "Ethan" to the console.
In BASIC, you can associate a label with a line of code. For example, let's give this line of code a label of "Ethan".
Ethan: Print "Ethan"Let's end the instruction with a semicolon.
Ethan: Print "Ethan";To start a new instruction all on the same line, use a colon. For example, let's
add a GoTo instruction to make the code go back to the label "Ethan".
Ethan: Print "Ethan";: GoTo EthanWhat happens when you run the above program?
The code above will print the string "Ethan" to the console and then go back to the label "Ethan". In other words, the code above will print the string "Ethan" over and over again until the user forcefully exits the program.
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