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Action was the best 8-bit programming language

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90 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 04 Sep 25 19:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source
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jasperry ◴[04 Sep 25 23:39 UTC] No.45133478[source]▶
Another 8-bit "better than BASIC" language was COMAL. Similar to the language in the article, it also had structured programming constructs, and the C64 version had built-in turtle graphics, sprite, and sound commands. I remember picking a version up at a mall kiosk that sold PD disks and it expanded my horizons!
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1. pikeangler ◴[05 Sep 25 10:56 UTC] No.45137187[source]▶
There was the fantastic COMAL 80 cardtrige for the Commodore 64 with high level commands for sound and graphics, and a full screen editor. It bank-switched so you could use the full 64K RAM on the C64.