Recently I put my hands back on the ancient coding tools I used to work on my first home computer: the C64. I rediscovered many programming languages that I experimented with when I was still at school and then at the Uni. So assembly (Turbo Assembler), Pascal (Oxford Pascal) and C (Abacus Super-C). Even with all their limits they were fantastic tools to begin and to learn with. I don't know much of the Atari software programming tools that were available natively on the Atari 800 and then up to the XL/XE series. I know about FastBasic which can replace AtariBasic and some obscure Assembly Language compiler which now I don't remember. Can you help me find other high-level programming tools or environments? I mean, software tools that used to run on A8 machines, not cross-development tools such as CC65, MADS Pascal, KickC and other assembly command-line compilers. Pascal, C, Forth, Fortran, COBOL - no matter what the high-level programming language, can you name some of these tools similar to the ones that existed for the C64? Many thanks. Cercamon
Hmm. Not investigated high level languages so much. However Basic XL & Basic XE. Logo, lisp/65. Think also a 'C' compiler by OSS as well. Disk not cartridge based.. And of course assembler Atari's own and MAC/65. A number of versions of this. Oh and I forgot OSS did Action! Not sure as I've not used it but believe similar to Algol. Also a disk based Forth as well.
Most Atari 8-bit languages are listed and available here: http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=8&type=U&genre=179&step=25 Here are programming aids/routines/tools: http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=8&type=U&genre=206&step=25 Here are Monitoring/debugging/tracing: http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=8&type=U&genre=207&step=25 Misc. programming tools/compilers: http://www.atarimania.com/pgelstsoft.awp?system=8&type=U&genre=208&step=25
