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- From: jfoy@glia.biostr.washington.edu (Jeff Foy)
- Subject: Re: Which is faster Qbasic or GWBasic
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- References: <1992Sep1.144223.27874@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <wiegand.715372264@lido16> <reichert.715377642@aloe1>
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 00:23:51 GMT
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- In <reichert.715377642@aloe1> reichert@rtsg.mot.com (Charles H. Reichert) writes:
-
- >>Someone please correct me if i'm wrong - but I believe Qbasic is compiled
- >>while GWbasic is interpreted. This would make Qbasic much faster.
- >>It also means that once you compile the programs you don't need Qbasic
- >>to run them.
-
- >Yes, that's the "Basic" truth! QBasic will compile the GWBasic unless
- >Commodore used some different commands.
-
- Um, I believe we should define something here. QBASIC is an interpreter
- that comes with DOS 5.0. It definitely does NOT compile standalone
- programs. QuickBASIC is the compiler I believe you are referring to.
- Also, there *is* a GW-BASIC compiler out there somewhere. I used it all
- of one time before moving on to PDS 7.1.
-
- Btw, if you have access to it, alt.lang.basic would be a very good
- place for this discussion.
-
-
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