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From: slackey@bbn.com (Stan Lackey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: TURBO BASIC
Keywords: Do you know about ?
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Date: 24 Oct 88 20:45:44 GMT
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In article <1561@netmbx.UUCP> alderaan@netmbx.UUCP (Thomas Cervera) writes:
>I would like to know if there in U.S. the TURBO BASIC interpreter is known.

I have used TURBO BASIC on and off for some time, mostly for its
speed.  I cannot use its added features, as I contribute stuff to
mags, local user group, etc. and lots of them don't like the
compatibility problems.  If a feature is needed, such as fast binary
I/O, I will add the little M/L routine it takes to implement it.
Also, the way it handles I/O is slightly different in some cases, so I
must always check anything I do to make sure it works in the other
environment.

The last problem is that it won't work with SpartaDOS - both use RAM
under the ROM.  I use SpartaDOS because it is the only other OS I have
that supports the XF551 DSDD mode, plus handles subdirectories.

As for the compiler - I have never been able to get anything to compile
and run right, large program OR small.  The last thing I tried was the
Mandelbrot program I posted a little while ago.  Sometimes I get an
error message, such as DIM error, others just bad results and once the
system hung.  What gives?
-Stan