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From: tmy6405@acf3.NYU.EDU (Ted M. Young)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: BASIC comparison requested
Message-ID: <5870001@acf3.NYU.EDU>
Date: 6 Jan 88 04:24:00 GMT
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Reply to: agv@j.cc.purdue.edu (Dave Murrell) /  2:32 pm  Jan  4, 1988

>I am considering the purchase of a BASIC compiler which does
>not necessarily have to be compatible with GWBASIC or BASICA
>in the small dollar range (ie. around $100 or less). The names
>I came up with are TrueBASIC (True Basic, Inc.), MS QuickBASIC 4.0
>(Microsoft) and TurboBASIC 1.0 (Borland).

I'd recommend QuickBASIC 4.0 without hesitation.  It's advantages (over others)
are many: Cheap (can be had for about $60 mail order), Powerful structures
(including a new "TYPE" similar to Records (pascal) or Struc (C)) and control
structures (do while, do loop, etc.), amazingly fast compliing (instantaneous
because it's an incremental compiler, it compiles your programs AS you type
them in), and it has a very fine debugger.  The speed is great (for BASIC) and
is compatible with the 80x87 math co-processors.  It can also be linked to
Microsoft's other Languages (C, Pascal, Fortran, MASM, etc.).

---> Ted  8->
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From: eds9305@acf3.NYU.EDU (Eric Shafto)
Date: 5-Jan-88 23:47 EST
Date-Received: 5-Jan-88 23:47 EST
Subject: What did I kill???
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So here I am, 1,000 feet below the surface.  I'm a 18th level
Palladin whose first spell-book has been stolen.  I am out of
oil.  I have no scrolls of Word of Recall.

So here I am, wandering around in dark. 

I kill something and pole-vault from 18th to 20th level.

What the heck did I kill??

While we are at it, do you think I should keep heading down in
hopes of finding oil, or should I try to hoof it back to the 
surface?  I finally got create food, so I should be able to hold
out indefinitely, so long as I can occaisionally find a lit
room.

Regards,
Eric Shafto
eds9305@acf3.nyu.edu

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From: tmy6405@acf3.NYU.EDU (Ted M. Young)
Date: 5-Jan-88 23:06 EST
Date-Received: 5-Jan-88 23:06 EST
Subject: Gary Hart & Today's Number
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   Well, with all the talk of Gary Hart and the number 69, I am revealing :)
   Gary Hart's new fundraiser...

      It's a Chinese Cookbook called "69 Ways To Eat Rice" 

			-- Ted   8->

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