You might have seen Minecraft used to teach programming, or even mods that allow in-game programming but writing BASIC code inside Minecraft? This is almost unheard of... until now. SethBling created a BASIC interpreter that allows users to build and run simple scripts and programs within Mojang's world-building game. It's as simple as using many, many command blocks however, it actually works. You are not limited to printing text, but you can also have in-game robots ("turtles") perform tasks. Do you need to dig a long tunnel? You can easily create a digging script and let the bot do all the hard work.
Suffice it to say that you will not write complex software in a game world that was never meant for it. Code is inherently slow because of Minecraft's 20Hz operation clock (you can never perform more than 20 commands per second), and it bogs down the more you use it. It's not necessary to invest weeks creating the interpreter -it's already in place. SethBling has already posted the necessary information, so it's a matter of installing the addon and practicing your IF/THEN statements.
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