fzcapit@MIZAR.UCDAVIS.EDU (John Capitanio) (06/17/91)
I've just written a little routine for data analysis in GW-BASIC,
and was wondering if a compiler exists for this implementation
of the language. I used a BASIC compiler on a PICK system
years ago, so I know there *are* compilable BASICs. Is this
one, and if so, can someone point me toward a good (read cheap)
one? Also, please let me know if such a request belongs in
a better newsgroup. I've noticed that (at least on our system)
there is no "comp.lang.basic" newsgroup.
Many thanks.
Please email to:
jpcapitanio@ucdavis.edu
Johnpshuang@athena.mit.edu (Ping-Shun Huang) (06/19/91)
In article <0094A422.13189AC0@MIZAR.UCDAVIS.EDU> fzcapit@MIZAR.UCDAVIS.EDU (John Capitanio) writes: > I've just written a little routine for data analysis in GW-BASIC, > and was wondering if a compiler exists for this implementation > of the language. Microsoft's QuickBASIC is a very good compiler (strictly speaking a threaded p-code interpreter, but convincingly fast). They're releasing a slightly crippled version of it (probably won't be able to compile to stand-alone executables) with DOS 5.0, so it may be cheaper for you to upgrade your DOS and get QuickBASIC to play with at the same time. Borland used to ship a product called Turbo BASIC, but they have handed it over to the company which wrote it and is now marketing it under the name PowerBASIC 2.0, I believe. A general recommendation is to call the Programmer's Connection (try 1-800-555-1212) for one of their catalogs, as they specialize in providing programming tools and have difficult to find products. -- Singing off, UNIX:/etc/ping instantiated (Ping Huang)
goer@ellis.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) (06/28/91)
fzcapit@MIZAR.UCDAVIS.EDU (John Capitanio) writes: > >I've just written a little routine for data analysis in GW-BASIC, >and was wondering if a compiler exists for this implementation >of the language. I used a BASIC compiler on a PICK system >years ago, so I know there *are* compilable BASICs. Is this >one, and if so, can someone point me toward a good (read cheap) >one? You'll probably get flamed for posting about BASIC on the net, but in fact there is a nice, structured implementation of the language that you can get for MS-DOS called QuickBasic. I got a copy for my 5 year-old, and played with it myself for a while. It's neat. It's kind of like a BASIC/Pascal portmanteau. Call Microsoft. -- -Richard L. Goerwitz goer%sophist@uchicago.bitnet goer@sophist.uchicago.edu rutgers!oddjob!gide!sophist!goer