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Basic (the programming language) has often been viewed by professional programmers as a beginners language or simply a toy language to play with (hobby). Is this true ? Absolutely not! Why should a professional use Basic as a programming language ? First let me say, that not just any Basic will do. The reason I use Powerbasic is because it
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
Read morePowerbasic, Inc. offers an amazing Windows compiler (currently version 9.0) which I have been using for the last 10 years or so. Why do I use it ? First, I prefer the basic programming language. Powerbasic syntax follows the long time standard for the Basic language, where as other “so called” Basic compilers you may find on the web do
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