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cwatters@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Coyt D Watters) writes:

>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

Someone please correct me if i'm wrong - but I believe Qbasic is compiled
while GWbasic is interpreted. This would make Qbasic much faster.
It also means that once you compile the programs you don't need Qbasic
to run them.

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