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Basic ! Oh, how foolish one must be to use such an old fashioned language, right ? Wrong ! It is time to put to rest the idea that Basic is old fashioned, obsolete and a dead programming language. Not your fathers Basic. Basic has come a long way since the days of GW-Basic or QBasic. It has changed. It
Read moreSome may wonder, why do I use Powerbasic ? There are a lot of Basic compilers available on the internet developed by independent developers or small companies, but none have ever come close to what I get from Powerbasic. I have looked into FreeBasic, PureBasic, XBasic, RealBasic, IBasic, CreativeBasic and others, but none have come close to what I get
Read moreBASIC, BASIC, BASIC, BASIC ….. OK, what am I up too ? The BASIC programming language is far too often maligned by seemingly well meaning “experts” on programming. Not only is this sad, but it is totally unfair and unwarranted. Let’s first take a look at the basic language to see why it is so important a programming language. To
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