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Article #57Re: Microsoft BASIC 2.0 info/questions
From: Mike Ward
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 1984 21:16
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 1984 21:16
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> I was waiting for them to say it's
> faster but I don't see anything about it. I was waiting for them to say it
> utilizes space better (some of us don't have 512K yet!) but it doesn't say
> anything about that either.
I played a bit with the Beta version of MS-Basic 2.0. It was
almost half as fast as 1.1, and about as good at memory utilization.
It was enough to make me decide not to buy the upgrade until
I saw it run with my very own eyes (and stopwatch).
MacBasic looks like a better way to spend one's money.
--
"The number of arguments is unimportant unless some of them are correct."
Michael Ward, NCAR/SCD
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