cscarsc@BOSTONU.BITNET.UUCP (11/21/86)
----- Probably the best way to handle big arrays in Basic with an enhancement called ProBasic. ProBasic is on the flip side of The Software Touch's Program Writer disk, which retails for $49. ProBasic allows the creation of VIRTUAL arrays, and uses a ProDOS device as memory for them. Obviously, you'd want to use a Ram disk for maximum speed. The size of the array is determined by the size of the disk. (You could have quite an array with a 10-meg hard drive!) Best of all, ProBasic allows the creation of modules, which can use parameters like Pascal. Modules can be written is assembly, also. I don't have this program yet, but I read about it in a recent Open-Apple. Hope this helps. Al Willis Boston University -----
mw22@ANDREW.CMU.EDU.UUCP (11/22/86)
I do have ProBasic. It's an incredible program. Program Writer is great too. It's a word processor for Basic programs, and it uses the exact same commands as the Appleworks word processor, but you can redefine the keys to suit your own tastes if you want. It's also got tons of other stuff: renumber, combine two lines, split a line, global find and replace, etc. Another excellent program by the same company is Autoworks, which gives Appleworks a mail-merge facility, keyboard macros, and mouse control. Mike Wertheim (Carnegie Mellon University)