27 Mar
2002
27 Mar
'02
9:57 a.m.
Actually, one doesn't have to write "spaghetti code" in QBasic, since it
has
some updated rules of scope and some features to permit logically
block-structuring the code.
It's not like MBASIC5.1 under CP/M at all.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Cisin (XenoSoft)" <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: Turbo BASIC (was Re: QL (was: ZX-81 Question))
A REAL programmer can write a FORTRAN program in any
language.
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002, Allison wrote:
I happen to use MS QB4.5/dos at work for test
systems. This version
supports all the high level structures and variable scopes that HLL like
Pascal or C would. It's NOT a weak light weight BASIC. It does produce
fast, low ram load executeables (.exe) for dos environments and has
proven very robust and easy to use.
My beef with BASIC is especially the older versions with GOTO laden
code can easily be a bowl of long pasta to decode. However, I've seen
people do same with Fortran, ALGOL, Pascal and even C.
Allison
{my native language is ASM.}