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From: turner@imagen.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: RE: GfA-Basic
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Date: Fri, 23-Jan-87 12:50:14 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 23 12:50:14 1987
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in article <8701221757.AA14763@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, K538915@CZHRZU1A.BITNET says:
> 
> The GFA-Basic compiler is available in Europe, so you should be able to get
> it in the USA soon. Rumour has it that GFA offered the interpreter to Atari
> as an replacement for ST Basic, but ATARI didn't want it.
> 
i was just over at atari (name dropper (:-) and saw GFA basic in
action, it is MOST impressive, it is structured (if-then-else, while
etc.); has an intellegent editor; VDI bindings builtin; and is fast.
I'm afraid that i have no further info on when it will be in
distribution here (USA) but it looked VERY good.



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