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From: gardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: BASIC's Turbo vs Quick
Message-ID: <895@kodak.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 30-Jul-87 08:28:21 EDT
Article-I.D.: kodak.895
Posted: Thu Jul 30 08:28:21 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Aug-87 08:31:04 EDT
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Reply-To: gardner@kodak.UUCP (dick gardner)
Organization: Eastman Kodak Co, Rochester, NY
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In article <716@pbhyc.UUCP> jdf@pbhyc.UUCP (Jack Fine) writes:
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>I am thinking about writing a database and want a very customized product.
>For various reasons I don't want to use a database manager program.  I
>would prefer to write my own and I don't want to use C or Turbo.  Reasons
>are good but long.  So BASIC seems to be the answer but it should be
>compiled.  Between the two well know models Quick BASIC and TURBO BASIC
>which would be the best?  Does one have better libraries than the other for
>this sort of task?  Has anyone used one of these programs for this reason?
>
>
This response doesn't directly answer your question, but I hope it may
be pertinent.  I have recently purchased QuickBasic, and really love it!
(I took a BASICA program about 1000+ lines and compiled it without one
single change and increased the execution speed tremendously!!)
There is one thing about QuickBasic that you might want to consider, tho --

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The license agreement states that you may distribute the run-time package
freely, but, if you do, your application must contain an announcement that
the Microsoft QuickBasic compiler was used, and copyright notices (imbedded)
must remain intact.

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I have no information on Turbo Basic.

You can check the actual details on the package before you purchase.

Hope this is helpful, or at least, not too discouraging.

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   Dick Gardner -- Eastman Kodak Co.  Rochester, New York  14650
                   Phone: (716) 477-1002
                   UUCP: {allegra,seismo}!rochester!kodak!gardner
   "Research is what I do when I don't know what I'm doing"
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