12 Apr
2005
12 Apr
'05
5:03 p.m.
GW stands for Gordon Whitten, a Microsoft employee.
If you Google gw-basic, you'll find a couple of places
that say Greg Whitten, but it's Gordon.
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Fred Cisin
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 2:56 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: GW-Basic
> I am looking for the origional GW-Basic Compiler
what would you like
On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Scott Stevens wrote:
GW-Basic is an interpreter (run-time compilation).
My understanding is that it was originally part of MS-DOS. PC-DOS
from IBM had BASIC and BASICA, which relied on the ROM BASIC in a True
Blue system.
I have the IBM Basic Compiler 1.0,
aka "BASCOM"
also the IBM Pascal Compiler 1.0, in
IBM slipcovers with manuals. They go nicely with my PC-DOS 1.0. I'm
not looking to trade them, though.
Doesn't the GW in GW-Basic stand for Graphics Workstation?
It very well might,
but the author of the MS/IBM Pascal Compiler told me
that it stood for "Gee Wiz". He also told me to NOT use the Pascal
compiler's runtime library.
Is MS-DOS
really where the BASIC interpreter with this name originates? I know
Microsoft produced a lot of other BASIC versions that predate MS-DOS.
The CP/M BASIC was NOT named "GW".
Please correct any of the above. I am not an
authority on any of this.
None of us are. Particularly not the ones who claim to
be.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com