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TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #75 on: August 21, 2010, 07:55:38 am »
...And its for the better!

Ok, so a few nights ago, I emailed TI-cares about why they didn't have getkey, and all those missing commands. Their shocking responce:

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Thank you for contacting Texas Instruments.

These are very good questions you have about programming the TI-Nspire handheld. Currently, the TI-Nspire family handheld lacks the full range of programming functions found on our other graphing calculators (this also includes the getkey command you were inquiring about). As the TI-Nspire family handheld operating system is periodically updated, more and more of the standard TI BASIC functions will be added to the OS. I regret any inconvenience this may cause you.

Warmest Regards,

Doug Fincher :o They will be added! or.. it could be a lie. Idk, im gonna hope they are right about that... or maybe its another tactic to get you guys to upgrade to the latest os like they did with os 2.1? it might get Nleashed?  ???  We will soon find out!  ;D

edit: should i ask why they didn't do it in the first release?

edit 2: I sent in a reply asking.
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #76 on: August 21, 2010, 08:46:03 am »
Perhaps this is a way of getting the community to install the latest ndless-incompatible OS?
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #77 on: August 21, 2010, 08:54:49 am »
not sure.. ima see what their responce is to them not introducing it at first or at os 2.0
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #78 on: August 21, 2010, 08:57:35 am »
Mmkay, sounds good.
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #79 on: August 21, 2010, 09:19:30 am »
The cake is a lie! The farthest you'll get is a supervisor, an e-mail supposedly sent to the dev team. Which may or may not get back to you. Good luck, though.
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #80 on: August 21, 2010, 09:26:59 am »
Quote from: graphmastur on August 21, 2010, 09:19:30 am
The cake is a lie! The farthest you'll get is a supervisor, an e-mail supposedly sent to the dev team. Which may or may not get back to you. Good luck, though.
So I guess you never got a response to your last message to TI, the one about adding assembly to the Nspire?
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #81 on: August 21, 2010, 09:29:35 am »
that wasn't me that asked about assembly on the nspire, that was someone else. Their response to that was 'itll ruin your calculator cuz the developers dont know what their doin and they might crash it.'... well they did say it would "ruin your calculator"
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #82 on: August 21, 2010, 09:31:17 am »
Quote from: Snake X on August 21, 2010, 09:29:35 am
that wasn't me that asked about assembly on the nspire, that was someone else. Their response to that was 'itll ruin your calculator cuz the developers dont know what their doin and they might crash it.'... well they did say it would "ruin your calculator"
Indeed, that's why I quoted graphmastur (the person who asked about it) and not you. ;) And I was referring to this post by him in the other topic:

Quote from: graphmastur on August 05, 2010, 06:29:37 pm
I won't put the e-mail in yet, but basically, the person suggested to their superiors about releasing the source code of the os, and they should get back to me.
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #83 on: August 21, 2010, 09:39:45 am »
oh ok.
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #84 on: August 21, 2010, 10:37:40 am »
I like how he says "I regret any inconveniences this may cause you." Ya think? Does TI put that at the end of every complaint letter?
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #85 on: August 21, 2010, 10:47:13 am »
i actually got a response from the dev team.  mostly the same as the "the noobs will kill your calc" kind of statements.


i am considering asking why ti-84's still cost to much....
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #86 on: August 21, 2010, 10:51:10 am »
It's because TI has a monopoly over calcs, and so even at such high prices, everyone's buying them.
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #87 on: August 21, 2010, 11:41:15 am »
Quote from: program4 on August 21, 2010, 10:51:10 am
It's because TI has a monopoly over calcs, and so even at such high prices, everyone's buying them.
ya, but i want to hear their excuses.  I have gotten reasonable answers back from them before that were contrary to what i had thought.
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #88 on: August 21, 2010, 12:24:23 pm »
Quote from: TC01 on August 21, 2010, 09:26:59 am
Quote from: graphmastur on August 21, 2010, 09:19:30 am
The cake is a lie! The farthest you'll get is a supervisor, an e-mail supposedly sent to the dev team. Which may or may not get back to you. Good luck, though.
So I guess you never got a response to your last message to TI, the one about adding assembly to the Nspire?
Yeah, I hit a dead end.
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I do apologize if you have found issues with any of Texas Instruments operating systems. I am unaware of the bugs you mention that the user community has fixed however any issues found with the Texas Instruments calculators operating system that are reported to us are forwarded to our development team for evaluation and repair in future releases of the operating system. In addition all issues that I have received and reported are slated to be fixed in the next release of the operating system.

For your second comment, I understand that the programs I previously mentioned don’t have the resources of a large company so that is a valid reason for the third party applications not being bug free however this doesn’t change the issues they caused.

I also understand that you wish for Texas Instruments to open the source code of the operating system for Texas Instruments calculators however I cannot make this decision so I will forward your comments to my superiors for consideration I cannot guarantee when or if a response will be provided to this inquiry.

Quote from: chrisf1337 on August 21, 2010, 10:37:40 am
I like how he says "I regret any inconveniences this may cause you." Ya think? Does TI put that at the end of every complaint letter?
Yes. They do.
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Re: TI's response to lack of nspire-basic programming
« Reply #89 on: August 21, 2010, 12:37:32 pm »
Quote from: Snake X on August 21, 2010, 07:55:38 am
...And its for the better!

Ok, so a few nights ago, I emailed TI-cares about why they didn't have getkey, and all those missing commands. Their shocking responce:

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Thank you for contacting Texas Instruments.

These are very good questions you have about programming the TI-Nspire handheld. Currently, the TI-Nspire family handheld lacks the full range of programming functions found on our other graphing calculators (this also includes the getkey command you were inquiring about). As the TI-Nspire family handheld operating system is periodically updated, more and more of the standard TI BASIC functions will be added to the OS. I regret any inconvenience this may cause you.

Warmest Regards,

Doug Fincher :o They will be added! or.. it could be a lie. Idk, im gonna hope they are right about that... or maybe its another tactic to get you guys to upgrade to the latest os like they did with os 2.1? it might get Nleashed?  ???  We will soon find out!  ;D

edit: should i ask why they didn't do it in the first release?

edit 2: I sent in a reply asking.
Even if Getkey gets added, there still remains the fact TI-BASIC is friggin slow and a lot of people wants alternatives or the ability to use libraries to make their programs much faster (xLIB, Celtic, etc).

Also, why wasn't Getkey and ESPECIALLY the input functions, essential to most calc math programs, added when the Nspire came out? To me, it is really clear this calc was rushed into the market, or they are planning future paid upgrades.
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