Turbo BASIC (was Re: QL (was: ZX-81 Question))

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Tue Mar 26 12:40:42 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Goodwin [mailto:acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net]

> > For a while I used Turbo Basic under MS-DOS. It was an
> > incredible development environment... for a BASIC ... running
> > under MS-DOS... Ok, so it was "passable." Still :)

> No, it was incredible. Removing the constraints of using

I wouldn't go that far. It was still a BASIC ;)

I like my HLLs to have _some_ structure.

> line numbers was
> a huge improvement on its own. Allowing variables local to a
> function or
> procedure was a nice bonus as well.

Right on both counts, there.

> Turbo BASIC also has an interpretive mode.

I vaguely remember this, actually. It's been a while,
as I said.

Chris


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