Re: Basic for MacIntosh

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From: Anthony E. Siegman
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 23:57

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>>Does anyone know of a Basic language package for MacIntosh which has the
>>same language set as the Basic that was used in the IIe?
>
>Not that I know of. The only Basics for the Mac that I have heard of
>are from Microsoft and Zbasic. ...................................
>It's too bad that Microsoft never has released something like Visual
>Basic for Macintosh (IMO).

   Just to add a few minor points: (1) QuickBASIC for the Mac
(available for around $45) is quite good and is a very useful
programming language for the Mac just as it stands, though it's not
clear if Microsoft will ever upgrade it; (2) ZBasic for the Mac has
very recently been replaced by a highly upgraded and sophisticated
version called "FutureBASIC" (Zedcor, Inc., 1-800-428-4567, listing at
around $400, I believe), which I haven't tried, but which appears to
have a lot of horsepower behind it.

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