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From: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: BASIC XE
Message-ID: <4059@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Date: 28 Jul 89 22:15:21 GMT
References: <43476@bbn.COM>
Reply-To: gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan)
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In article <43476@bbn.COM> slackey@BBN.COM (Stan Lackey) writes:
=>I am interested in finding out about BASIC XE.  Can someone please
=>tell me the high points (like comparisons with built in BASIC,
=>TURBO, etc; performance; added features)?
=>
=>Thanks!
=>
=>-Stan

   It is pretty nice. It isn't as fast as compiled Turbo, but it is faster
than Atari BASIC. It is very compatible with Atari BASIC. One of its major
advantages is the extended mode on 128K+ systems which lets you write 64K
programs which can use about 32K of data. One advantage it has over Turbo is
that it works with SpartaDOS. Otherwise, I think the additional features are
about the same, though I can't say for certain because I don't do much BASIC
programming anymore.
					Gary Duzan
					Time  Lord
				    Third Regeneration
				 Atari Enthusiast Extreme




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