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Subject: Big arrays in Basic
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Date: Fri, 21-Nov-86 13:17:00 EST
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Probably the best way to handle big arrays in Basic with an enhancement called
ProBasic.  ProBasic is on the flip side of The Software Touch's Program
Writer disk, which retails for $49.  ProBasic allows the creation of VIRTUAL
arrays, and uses a ProDOS device as memory for them.  Obviously, you'd want to
use a Ram disk for maximum speed. The size of the array is determined by the
size of the disk.  (You could have quite an array with a 10-meg hard drive!)
Best of all, ProBasic allows the creation of modules, which can use parameters
like Pascal. Modules can be written is assembly, also.  I don't have this
program yet, but I read about it in a recent Open-Apple. Hope this helps.

                Al Willis
                Boston University
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