agv@j.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Murrell) (01/05/88)
I am considering the purchase of a BASIC compiler which does not necessarily have to be compatible with GWBASIC or BASICA in the small dollar range (ie. around $100 or less). The names I came up with are TrueBASIC (True Basic, Inc.), MS QuickBASIC 4.0 (Microsoft) and TurboBASIC 1.0 (Borland). If anyone has some fatherly advice concerning which of the above is "top dog", I'd appreciate a line or two sent to the e-mail addresses below. I realize that the question is loaded -- "best" is highly application dependent -- but, we're interested in a low dollar BASIC which is "serious" (supporting a healthy set of structured language constructs, sane scope rules, and recursion), which provides a good debugging and editing environment, and which makes an attempt to gracefully support graphics (eg. common transformations, windowing, viewports, clipping, etc.). Animation may be attempted (on a crude level), so 8087 support and reasonable execution speed are requisite. A quick disclaimer is in order here: my apologies in advance if this question has already been the subject of some prior net discussion -- obviously I've missed it. If this is the case, would some merciful soul provide me with a brief summary? Also, I realize there are "better" languages (I defend C, lisp, and prolog), but I'd like a nice BASIC to round out my collection. -- Dave -- ==================================================================== ARPA: agv@s.cc.purdue.edu | USPS: Purdue University Computing Center UUCP: cc.purdue.edu!agv | Math Sciences Building BITNET: murrell@purccvm | West Lafayette, IN. 47906
tmy6405@acf3.NYU.EDU (Ted M. Young) (01/06/88)
Reply to: agv@j.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Murrell) / 2:32 pm Jan 4, 1988 >I am considering the purchase of a BASIC compiler which does >not necessarily have to be compatible with GWBASIC or BASICA >in the small dollar range (ie. around $100 or less). The names >I came up with are TrueBASIC (True Basic, Inc.), MS QuickBASIC 4.0 >(Microsoft) and TurboBASIC 1.0 (Borland). I'd recommend QuickBASIC 4.0 without hesitation. It's advantages (over others) are many: Cheap (can be had for about $60 mail order), Powerful structures (including a new "TYPE" similar to Records (pascal) or Struc (C)) and control structures (do while, do loop, etc.), amazingly fast compliing (instantaneous because it's an incremental compiler, it compiles your programs AS you type them in), and it has a very fine debugger. The speed is great (for BASIC) and is compatible with the 80x87 math co-processors. It can also be linked to Microsoft's other Languages (C, Pascal, Fortran, MASM, etc.). ---> Ted 8-> ----- tmy6405@acf3.nyu.edu or @acf5.nyu.edu CompuServe: 76703,4343 Relay-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf3.NYU.EDU From: eds9305@acf3.NYU.EDU (Eric Shafto) Date: 5-Jan-88 23:47 EST Date-Received: 5-Jan-88 23:47 EST Subject: What did I kill??? Message-ID: <21950004@acf3.NYU.EDU> Path: acf3!eds9305 Newsgroups: rec.games.moria Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf3.NYU.EDU Organization: New York University So here I am, 1,000 feet below the surface. I'm a 18th level Palladin whose first spell-book has been stolen. I am out of oil. I have no scrolls of Word of Recall. So here I am, wandering around in dark. I kill something and pole-vault from 18th to 20th level. What the heck did I kill?? While we are at it, do you think I should keep heading down in hopes of finding oil, or should I try to hoof it back to the surface? I finally got create food, so I should be able to hold out indefinitely, so long as I can occaisionally find a lit room. Regards, Eric Shafto eds9305@acf3.nyu.edu Relay-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf3.NYU.EDU From: tmy6405@acf3.NYU.EDU (Ted M. Young) Date: 5-Jan-88 23:06 EST Date-Received: 5-Jan-88 23:06 EST Subject: Gary Hart & Today's Number Message-ID: <680007@acf3.NYU.EDU> Path: acf3!tmy6405 Newsgroups: rec.humor Posting-Version: version nyu B notes v1.5 12/10/84; site acf3.NYU.EDU Organization: New York University Well, with all the talk of Gary Hart and the number 69, I am revealing :) Gary Hart's new fundraiser... It's a Chinese Cookbook called "69 Ways To Eat Rice" -- Ted 8-> --------------------- tmy6405@acf3.nyu.edu tmy6405@acf5.nyu.edu