Quickbasic Question

Factual Questions
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OK, I’ve spent , oh, I don’t know, maybe three hours trying to find out, with no success, the answer to a nagging question–What’s the difference between Quickbasic 4.51 and Quickbasic 7.1 Extended?

I’ve had the former for years and just downloaded the later and I know from random glances at the help that there are more functions in 7.1, but nowhere, either on Microsoft’s site or after extended web searcher, could I find the answer.

Any help you could give would be…helpful

Jimpy
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Just from memory, and it’s been quite a few years, the extended version had support for ISAM files, memory > 640 K, and compilation to native code.

3

I can’t recall what version of QuickBasic my friend had, but if it’s the one that can compile, then there’s lots.

It should also come with a bunch more libraries, and just be a whole heck of a lot faster. Try just pset’ing the whole screen, and time each one. All our graphics work in school went super fast. (Compared to the regular version)

4

All versions of QuickBASIC can compile. The stripped-down interpreter that was bundled with MS-DOS (from 4.0 onwards, IIRC) was called QBASIC.