I lusted after QB 4.5 as a kid in the 90s just to be able to compile a real exe. It seems it cost several hundred dollars or something seemingly insurmountable

I lusted after QB 4.5 as a kid in the 90s just to be able to compile a real exe. It seems it cost several hundred dollars or something seemingly insurmountable so I never got it. I did find several other shareware/freeware Basics at the time that would let you compile though.