There were many programming languages available for 8-bit computers, the most common being BASIC and Assembly Language, but Action! beats them both!
The manual is available as a pdf on archive.org https://dn790008.ca.archive.org/0/items/ActionManual3rdRevisedEdition2015/Action%21_manual_3rd-revised_edition_2015_by_GBXL.pdf
Thanks for the plug for my YouTube videos! I'm now doing similar for Assembly Language with MAC/65 as well.
Happy to promote a fellow Atarian!
Action! was great. I wrote an Atari font editor in it.
LightspeedC was not just a "decent version of C"; it was a breakthrough in iterative development because it all but eliminated the often lengthy link phase of app bulding.
You’re thinking of Lightspeed C for the Mac. The Atari 8-bit namesake was unrelated and far less ambitious.
I stand corrected.
The manual is available as a pdf on archive.org https://dn790008.ca.archive.org/0/items/ActionManual3rdRevisedEdition2015/Action%21_manual_3rd-revised_edition_2015_by_GBXL.pdf
Thanks for the plug for my YouTube videos! I'm now doing similar for Assembly Language with MAC/65 as well.
Happy to promote a fellow Atarian!
Action! was great. I wrote an Atari font editor in it.
LightspeedC was not just a "decent version of C"; it was a breakthrough in iterative development because it all but eliminated the often lengthy link phase of app bulding.
You’re thinking of Lightspeed C for the Mac. The Atari 8-bit namesake was unrelated and far less ambitious.
I stand corrected.