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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Compiled BASIC recommendations needed
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Date: 17 May 89 13:45:53 GMT
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In <15594@louie.udel.EDU>, SS24766%UAFSYSB.BITNET@umrvmb.umr.edu (Bryan Stover) writes:
> Just finished learning some BASIC programming using GW-BASIC on IBM clones
> here at the "U". Am on the way to becoming something other than just a
> user-abuser. (What, of course, is unknown!) Have played with AmigaBASIC
> enough to loathe it. What now?

You are, of course, now permanently warped beyond redemtion :-).  If you hate
Amigabasic, you probably won't be happy with any other Basic.  On the other
hand, if you hate Amigabasic's user interface and bugs, you could be happy with
a sharp stick and wet clay tablets.
 
> Using TurboBASIC on the clones was so nifty that I yearn to use a "better
> BASIC" on Ami!
> 
> Can anyone recommend, from personal experience, either GFA BASIC or HiSoft
> BASIC? Any reason to prefer one to the other?

HiSoft is an excellent product. It compiles quickly, produces pretty lean code
for Basic, and has a good user interface. It is a compiler only. I haven't seen
GFA Basic.

-larry

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