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In alt.lang.basic, roise@u.milton.u.washington.edu (Linda Roise) writes:

>Is the QBasic that comes with DOS 5 the same as the QuickBASIC
>Sherm's talking about here?  If not, what's the difference?  Do I need
>to buy it separately, is the question, since I already have DOS 5 and
>Windows 3.1?

It's "pretty much" the same, except you're missing a compiler to create .exe
files. QBasic programs should compile in QuickBASIC with no changes.  Someone
with more knowledge of QuickBASIC will need to fill in the details as I've
not much experience with QuickBasic (most of my development work is in VB).

As for purchasing QuickBasic you might wish to wait till "VB DOS" is out
(very shortly???).  If VB DOS has 1/2 the video mode & mouse support that
VB has access to it would be an improvement (just my opinion- no flames
please!)...  It will be interesting to see how they do this as VB gets most
of this support "built-in" from Windows anyway.

Has anyone heard rumors about VB 2.0?  Will this include VB DOS??
On my wish list for VB 2.0:  256 color support, multilevel list boxes,
a REAL debugger (something with a "watch" window), do away with having
to include the runtime dll...

- Galen -