Re: Which is faster Qbasic or GWBasic

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From: Jeff Foy
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 1992 00:23

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In <reichert.715377642@aloe1> reichert@rtsg.mot.com (Charles H. Reichert) writes:

>>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.

>Yes, that's the "Basic" truth!  QBasic will compile the GWBasic unless
>Commodore used some different commands. 

Um, I believe we should define something here. QBASIC is an interpreter
that comes with DOS 5.0. It definitely does NOT compile standalone
programs. QuickBASIC is the compiler I believe you are referring to.
Also, there *is* a GW-BASIC compiler out there somewhere. I used it all
of one time before moving on to PDS 7.1.

Btw, if you have access to it, alt.lang.basic would be a very good
place for this discussion.

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