LEARN BASIC PROGRAMMING ON THE BBC MICROCOMPUTER
BY ANDREW AND VERONICA COLIN
This book is for the reader who seriously wants to learn the science of programming. Perhaps you have got tired of playing computer games you buy in the shops and want to write your own; this book is for you. Maybe you're an engineer or scientist, and want to take the drudgery out of your daily calculations; this book is for you. Maybe you have never used a computer at all, and just want to find out how it really works; this book is for you. If your maths isn't too good, don't worry - it is not mathematical skill that makes good programmers, but the ability to think logically, to persevere with patience and care, and to strive for perfection.
This book is meant for someone who has never done any programming before. It takes matters slowly, and is divided into two parts. LEARN BASIC gives you a useful and self-consistent account of the easier aspects of BBC BASIC, the language used to program the BBC MICRO. ADVANCED BASIC covers the more difficult topics.
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