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From: liebert@sjuvax.UUCP (liebert)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Help with AbasiC
Message-ID: <2562@sjuvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 25-Nov-85 01:03:01 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 25 01:03:01 1985
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Organization: St. Joseph's University, Phila. PA.
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Keywords: Microsoft Basic...
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> I've also heard a rumor that Abasic will be replaced by Microsoft
> basic. Is this true?...

Yes this is definately true (and there was much rejoicing) and I have seen
it and worked with it. Like their basic for the MAC, there is a seperate
window for the listing which allows you on-screen editing (cutting, pasting
etc.), good sound/graphics support, mouse support, windows and most of the
stuff that ABasiC offers and then some. It is a more structured basic (no
need for line numbers) and uses labels. Most of the non-Amiga-specific looks
like standard Microsoft stuff. Other neat things include the error detection
routine which, when it finds an error in your code, pulls up the listing
window with a red box around the offending error. All we need is a compiler
and basic could be tolerable :-)

			      Peter Liebert      
			      Saint Joseph's University      
			      Philadelphia, PA      
                        {allegra | astrovax | bpa | burdvax}!sjuvax!liebert