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

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Wed Mar 27 12:16:46 2002

A REAL programmer can write a FORTRAN program in any language.


On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Allison wrote:

> I happen to use MS QB4.5/dos at work for test systems. This version
> supports all the high level structures and variable scopes that HLL like
> Pascal or C would. It's NOT a weak light weight BASIC. It does produce
> fast, low ram load executeables (.exe) for dos environments and has
> proven very robust and easy to use.
>
> My beef with BASIC is especially the older versions with GOTO laden
> code can easily be a bowl of long pasta to decode. However, I've seen
> people do same with Fortran, ALGOL, Pascal and even C.
>
> Allison
> {my native language is ASM.}
Received on Wed Mar 27 2002 - 12:16:46 GMT