Re: QuickBasic or Power Basic?

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From: Leonard Erickson
Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1992 03:34

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edwardsc@CPSC.UCALGARY.CA (Christopher Edwards) writes:

>I was all ready to go out and buy QuickBasic when I read about something
>called Power Basic (I assume from the makers of power-c).
>So which is better, QuickBasic or Power Basic
> (and what's the price of Power Basic)

Power Basic is from Spectra Publishing. They are the folks that wrote
what Borland sold as Turbo Basic. When Borland "dropped" BASIC, they got
the rights back. They are on their second Major revision since then.

I've not used it, but I believe the current version is a *lot* cheaper
than Microsoft.
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Leonard Erickson		      leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com
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Subject: Re: QuickBasic or Power Basic?
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