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From: ergo@netcom.COM (Isaac Rabinovitch)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: BASIC and Windows
Keywords: programming windows
Message-ID: <24148@netcom.COM>
Date: 15 Feb 91 07:58:18 GMT
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In <1991Feb11.145406.25001@rti.rti.org> bcw@rti.rti.org (Bruce Wright) writes:


>You can't really do much with Basic under Windows - you can run it in
>DOS mode, which doesn't look too bad if you are running on a 386....

I suppose what you mean is that none of MicroSloth's Basics has a
Windows version.  But even that isn't strictly true:  WordBasic is
*meant* to be used only as a macro language for Word, but you can do most
basic Basic stuff with it, as far as I can see.  A pity nobody at MS
has realized how useful a standalone version of WordBasic would be.

There are third part products that fall in this category.  ObjectBasic
is pretty intriguing, and goes for only $150 (with a hefty discount
for WUGNET members).  I'd probably have it by now if Basic didn't
bring out the snob in me.
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