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1 total messages Started by James Hague Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:34

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Author: James Hague
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:34

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Any users of Power BASIC out there?  I'm familiar with QuickBASIC
and have the PBLITE demo, but was interested in the relative quality
of the compiled code (the demo doesn't include the compiler).  How
does it compare to, say, Turbo Pascal?  How big are the generated
EXE files (i.e. is there lots of overhead for the runtime library, etc.)?

And for a more technical question:  Does PB always generate machine
code when you run a program (from within the environment) or does it
do some sort of interpretation like QB?

Finally, how big/bloated is a PB development system?  Does it need
lots of support tools, does it do lots of swapping, etc.

Any comments would be appreciated.  PB 3.0 looks very nice indeed,
especially the in-line assembler.

--
James Hague   
exuhag@exu.ericsson.se

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