 AC Tool - What other languages are similar to it? |
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 Feb 8 2010, 11:33 AM
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Cool Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 7-April 05 Member No.: 10,271  |
This question is for those of you who know the history of AC Tool's development or have a knowledge of several programming languages.
When Cameron was writing AC Tool, what languages did he base AC Tool's language on? Was there any one predominant or were there many incorporated? Any kind of answer is welcome. Thank you. |
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Feb 8 2010, 01:47 PM
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 Lord of the Forums Group: Members Posts: 3,409 Joined: 12-April 03 Member No.: 6 |
QUOTE(kioskies @ Feb 8 2010, 09:33 AM)  This question is for those of you who know the history of AC Tool's development or have a knowledge of several programming languages. When Cameron was writing AC Tool, what languages did he base AC Tool's language on? Was there any one predominant or were there many incorporated? Any kind of answer is welcome. Thank you. Cam is still here so maybe he will chime in here to tell you himself. I have been here with him over 3 or 4 different forums since "say" was added in and I don't remember if he said or not to be completely honest. To me it reminds me very much of Commodore basic just minus the goto. I do know it is written in Delphi so I am sure that had a huge role in the scripting structure side as well. -------------------- Who is #1? You are ACTool's member #6. I am not a number I am a free man.
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Feb 8 2010, 10:08 PM
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 Lord of the Forums Group: Moderator Posts: 3,366 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Vancouver, Canada Member No.: 5 |
There's a lot of history there. We're going back to 1999 - or was it 1998 ?
In the first versions, all keywords needed to be enclosed in square brackets. [SetConst] etc. No idea what language that was based on, may just have been an easier parser to write. Later versions lean towards Pascal/Delphi more than anything else, but I'm not 100% sure. At that point other authors started to contribute, eg OnceBitten (David Smith), so there were various influences on the language. -------------------- Please read the Forum Posting Guidelines AND the FAQ Forum before posting.
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Mar 17 2010, 07:56 PM
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 Insane Poster Group: Members Posts: 421 Joined: 5-November 05 From: OR Member No.: 12,547 |
QUOTE(Ipa @ Feb 8 2010, 07:08 PM) There's a lot of history there. We're going back to 1999 - or was it 1998 ? In the first versions, all keywords needed to be enclosed in square brackets. [SetConst] etc. No idea what language that was based on, may just have been an easier parser to write. Later versions lean towards Pascal/Delphi more than anything else, but I'm not 100% sure. At that point other authors started to contribute, eg OnceBitten (David Smith), so there were various influences on the language. Ahh I thought AC Tool was written in Delphi from the start. Are you saying that AC Tool is a completely proprietary language? -------------------- Chazcon (HG) Aluvian swordsman
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Mar 20 2010, 07:34 PM
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Lord of the Forums Group: Moderator Posts: 3,366 Joined: 12-April 03 From: Vancouver, Canada Member No.: 5 |
Hey old timer.
ACTool itself was always built in Delphi, I think this question was more about the macro language that macros are written in, and the macro language has gone through several iterations and changes. -------------------- Please read the Forum Posting Guidelines AND the FAQ Forum before posting.
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