Best Other Basic

[filburt1]

QBasic is nice and simple...

[Motoxpro]

cool is there a demo or freeware i can downoad?

[filburt1]

I asked that a while ago, but I'm not sure if the site still works. You can try it though: http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...ownload+qbasic

BTW, it is not like VB in many ways so it could take some getting used to. It is still a relatively easy language though.

[sail3005]

it is on the windows disk....

[filburt1]

Didn't come with mine. My download lets you compile to standalone EXEs.

[sail3005]

yeah, thats 4.5. the basic one, (can't remember which version) is on the windows 98 disk.

[Motoxpro]

thatnk filburt....and i have xp so it didnt come on mine

[sail3005]

it should come with dos 6 too.

[Paul282]

PowerBasic (http://www.powerbasic.com) Most of the people I knew here who were really good all dissappeared and ended up there. I made the change and haven't touched VB in a year and won't touch .NET

Small code, fast code, pointer, threads, unions, standalone exe'e (real ones, not Qbasic pcode ones) and win32 dlls

I assume that people still use VB because a) they don't know about PBDLL6 or B) they're beginners

[XfoxX]

i can't find trial version for power basic can you help?

[Paul282]

There is one of their dos compiler in the files section of support but there isn't one of the PB/DLL which is the windows compiler. You can join the forum and ask and there is a lot of data to read through but you sort of need to make your decision from that. The thing that did it for me was reading through the forum on what other people were doing with it for commercial apps etc.

Still it doesn't cost much so it's not much of a risk anyway, the people on the furum there are always hpaay to help you even if you haven't bought it yet.

If you talk to them and let them know your programming needs they'll tell you straight whether they think PB is for you or not.

Cheers

[numtel]

I like visual basic for dos when writing dos programs

[Jethro]

Originally posted by Paul282
PowerBasic (http://www.powerbasic.com) Most of the people I knew here who were really good all dissappeared and ended up there. I made the change and haven't touched VB in a year and won't touch .NET

Small code, fast code, pointer, threads, unions, standalone exe'e (real ones, not Qbasic pcode ones) and win32 dlls

I assume that people still use VB because a) they don't know about PBDLL6 or B) they're beginners

Jez, your a lamer Paul Hiding out in here then...

Okay other Basic dialects that also rock

Dark Basic, good for games

Universe, good for business apps

[VBTZH]

I don't really know what is the best

[Paul282]

Jethro,

I don't hang out here, I get an email every time this thread is added to and I see what's changed.

I own a copy of dark basic too but I don't use it very much.

[DragonFly]

Originally posted by Paul282
Jethro,
I don't use it very much.

Thailand would be a good change of scene

[Jethro]

Originally posted by Paul282
Jethro,

I don't hang out here, I get an email every time this thread is added to and I see what's changed.

I own a copy of dark basic too but I don't use it very much.

NO more Chit Chat for you then Paul

Ok checking the site, though l still like vb...

[sql_lall]

If you want an active QBasic site, goto the forum at www.qbasic.com

[sail3005]

Originally posted by numtel
I like visual basic for dos when writing dos programs

does VB dos use runtimes? or is it standalone?

[sql_lall]

Even though it is rather slow, Ti calculator BAsic is a good way to write programs on a portable keyboard.

[Radar]

Sail:
Nope, VB DOS doesn't use runtimes. It compiles stand-alone