Which is faster Qbasic or GWBasic

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From: Coyt D Watters
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 14:42

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That's pretty much the question.  Is QBASIC (supplied with DOS 5.x) faster
than the equivalent GWBASIC program?

Before some joker jumps in a tells me I should use a "real language" like
C or Pascal:

I am porting a large collection of programs written for the Commodore 64
(the best low budget computer ever invented) in BASIC to the PC.  I have
time to do some minor conversion, but not complete rewrite.

Since I have both BASICS, I want to use the faster one - I don't need all
the QBASIC bells and whistles (like mouse support and the new editor).

Email or Postings gladly accepted.
-Coyt

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