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Microsoft PDS (aka Quickbasic). QB64 is an okay substitute but since it's compiled rather than interpreted it loses a lot of the magic that made BASIC special b
by vunderba 2y ago
Microsoft PDS (aka Quickbasic). QB64 is an okay substitute but since it's compiled rather than interpreted it loses a lot of the magic that made BASIC special back in the day.
- hnthrowaway0328 2y agoI think QuickBasic is a compiled language but QBasic is the interpreted one?
- vunderba 2y agoso QuickBasic (4.5, etc) give you the option to compile your source for purposes of distribution but while you are coding/testing/etc it's purely interpretive. QB is the free to use bundled version for MS-DOS that doesn't have this feature.
- hnthrowaway0328 2y agoAh thanks my memory failed me.