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I do all my development using the IBM BASIC Compiler v2.0.  The software
I write (psuedo-database and accounting) is reasonably fast, easy to maintain,
and easy to write.  And, folks pay $$$ for it.

A programmer I know says that the code I write using the new IBM BASIC
Compiler looks like PASCAL without all the semicolons.  I understand that
Microsoft's QuikBASIC (sp?) is almost identical (except that I can write 
bigger programs with less data and Microsoft allows smaller programs with
more data), except for the $300 price difference in their favor.  On the
other hand, I get ISAM with mine.

Global and local variables, common variable areas, callable subprograms, no
line numbers, and many other things make this a real language.  If anyone who
wishes to throw stones at the old BASIC Compiler, I'll join you.  But reserve
judgement on the new one until you play with it yourself!

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