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	QuickBASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Microsoft QuickBASIC (often shortened, correctly, to QB, or incorrectly, to "QBasic", which is a different system) is a descendant of the BASIC programming language that was developed by the Microsoft Corporation for use with the MS-DOS operating system.
		The last version of QuickBASIC was version 4.5 (1988), although there was continued development of the Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS), the last release of which was version 7.1 (June 1990).
		Since it lacks a compiler, it cannot be used to produce executable files directly, although programs developed using it can still be compiled by a QuickBASIC 4.5, PDS 7.1 or VBDOS 1.0 compiler, if one is available.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Microsoft_QuickBASIC_compiler (513 words)

	Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler
		Microsoft QuickBASIC (often shortened, correctly, to QB, or incorrectly, to QBASIC) is a descendant of the BASIC programming language that was developed by the Microsoft Corporation for use with the MSDOS Operating System.
		It was loosely based on Microsoft GW-BASIC but in addition provided user-defined types, improved programming structures, better graphics and disk support and a compiler rather than an interpreter.
		The successor to QuickBASIC and PDS was Visual Basic 1.0 which came in incompatible versions for DOS and Windows.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/qu/Quick_Basic.html (344 words)

	QuickBASIC -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Microsoft released the first version of QuickBASIC on August 18, 1985 stored on a single 5.25" (A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer) floppy disk.
		The last version of QuickBASIC was 4.5 (1988) although there was continued development of the Microsoft Basic Professional Development System (PDS), the last release of which was version 7.1 (June 1990).
		The successor to QuickBASIC and PDS was (Click link for more info and facts about Visual Basic) Visual Basic for MSDOS 1.0 provided in Standard and Professional versions.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/quickbasic5.htm (442 words)

	Compile & Link
		It is critical that you strictly follow the syntax of the language, for the current compilers are very unforgiving of typing mistakes.
		For example, a compiler translates "2.1*3.2" into machine codes that in essence state, "take a real number 2.1 and a second number 3.2 and multiply the two numbers." But the codes do not yet contain instructions on how to multiply the given two numbers.
		"qb.exe" is the interpreter that comes with the compiler and has a menu entry that allows you to compile the source code.
	www.glue.umd.edu /~nsw/ench250/compileb.htm (1596 words)

	BASIC programming language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Contrary to popular belief, it was a compiled language at the time of its introduction.
		By 1979, Microsoft was talking with several microcomputer vendors, including IBM, about licensing a BASIC interpreter for their computers.
		Microsoft added Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) to Excel 5.0 in 1993, to Access 95 in 1995, and to the rest of its Office suite in 1997.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BASIC_programming_language (3008 words)

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		To help un-cloud the new Microsoft QuickC C compiler, I've put together this summary of the literature that Microsoft sent me. For your own copy of the info-pack, just call 1- 800-426-9400 if you're not in Washington state or Alaska.
		With both compilers currently available and equivalently priced, it seems an informed decision would be better made if all the information is available.
		After compilation, the editor puts the cursor on the first problem line of code and displays a precise description of the error on the screen.
	www.umich.edu /~archive/msdos/un_indexed/quickc.txt (701 words)

	BASIC to QuickBASIC: A Basmark Odyssey
		Unfortunately, the wisdom of this methodology was lost on the first Basmark compiler due to its shear complexity and the difficulty in pinpointing the internal representation.
		Given that the interface between the analyzer and code generator is the central point of transformation and that the compiler is ultimately a simple program, the internal representation may be viewed as the intermediate code and the symbol table.
		Compiler design theory insists that this data path ought not exist, indeed that lexical analysis may be completed prior to the start of parsing.
	www.leinweb.com /basic/manual/man3/odyssey.htm (7778 words)

	comp.compilers monthly message and Frequently Asked Questions
		A shareware compiler ASIC is available from simtel mirrors such as ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/basic/asic500.zip, which handles a large subset of Qbasic.
		Pat Terry's "Compilers and Compiler Generators", originally published as a book, is on the web as http://www.scifac.ru.ac.za/compilers/ "Parsing Techniques - A Practical Guide" by Dick Grune and Ceriel J.H. Jacobs, published as a book in 1990, is now on the web as http://www.cs.vu.nl/~dick/PTAPG.html.
		My opinion is that this clear, thorough treatment is for the seasoned compiler engineer who already has one or two compiler or interpreter implementations on the curriculum vitae and who is looking for new ways to address some of the deeper issues of the field.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/compilers/faq (5266 words)

	BUG: String Manipulation Slower in Compiler Vs Interpreter (20456) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The speed of the compiled example below can be improved by 50 percent by compiling with the Microsoft QuickBasic Compiler version 1.0 for Macintosh, instead of compiling with the earlier Microsoft Basic Compiler version 1.0.
		Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in Microsoft QuickBasic version 1.0 for the Macintosh.
		The example below was compiled using the R option in the Basic compiler version 1.0 and using the equivalent Include the Runtime Code option in the QuickBasic compiler.
	www.it-faq.pl /mskb/20/456.HTM (279 words)

	Refresh Basic Windows with ON DIALOG GOSUB or SetWindowPic (40083) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Microsoft QuickBasic for Macintosh and the earlier Microsoft Basic versions for Macintosh do not automatically refresh the contents of the output window if covered by any other window.
		This information applies to Microsoft QuickBasic versions 1.0, 1.0a, and 1.0b for Apple Macintosh, to Microsoft Basic Compiler version 1.0 for Macintosh, and to Microsoft Basic Interpreter version 3.0 for Macintosh.
		Note: SELECT CASE (used above) is supported in QuickBasic (interpreter and compiler) and in the earlier Microsoft Basic Compiler 1.0, but is not supported in the earlier Microsoft Basic Interpreter version 2.0, 2.1, or 3.0 for the Macintosh.
	www.it-faq.pl /mskb/40/083.HTM (1017 words)

	Talk:GW-BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		My rationale for this is on the talkpage for Microsoft BASICA interpreter.
		Please note that I have done the same for Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler.
		Indeed, it is particularly memorable as it's the last time I am aware of that Microsoft ever had an unchallenged best-of-breed product that re-wrote the rules about what good software meant.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:GW-BASIC (253 words)

	GW-BASIC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		GW-BASIC (named after Greg Whitten, an early Microsoft employee and is known more affectionately as 'gee-whiz') was a dialect of BASIC developed by Microsoft, originally for Compaq.
		It is compatible with Microsoft/IBM BASICA, but was disk based and did not require the resources of the ROM included on IBM's machines.
		GW-BASIC's place in the MS-DOS distribution was eventually taken by Microsoft QBASIC, a cut-down version of the separately available Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Microsoft_GW-BASIC_interpreter (617 words)

	Lloyd Borrett - Computing - Articles - the future of BASIC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		These early compilers simply allowed you to compile those applications written with the BASIC interpreter, but they were successful because of the amazing difference in execution speeds between the interpreted and compiled BASIC programs.
		The Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler series was perhaps the most influential of these, being very cheap yet extending the BASIC language and producing reliable fast compiled programs.
		Microsoft recently released BASIC version 7.1 which includes the Programmers WorkBench (an integrated development environment first included with Microsoft C version 6.0).
	www.borrett.id.au /computing/art-1991-06-01.htm (654 words)

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		QuickBasic is kind of the better version of GW-BASIC; QuickBasic included user-defined types, better programming structures, better graphics and disk support also a compiler rather than an interpreter.
		For a pure QuickBasic programmer it wouldn’t be a big issue, but for multi-language programmer it would be a good idea for them to learn languages related to what they’ve learned, for Basic kind languages familiar programmer QuickBasic is kind of easy.
		QuickBasic allowed mix-mode arithmetic and this would occur more run time errors as because mix-mode arithmetic has a greater possibility to occur overflow and outcome might not be significant enough.
	campus.murraystate.edu /academic/faculty/bill.lyle/415/Chan.doc (2907 words)

	Robert J Morton: Programming Experience in Detail
		Its performance was later dramatically improved by the use of a third-party compiler.
		My greatest work in QuickBASIC was the complete rewriting of my contact management and communication package EBS Marketeer which compiled to 2½MB of executable code.
		I then embarked on an intense study of the SDK in which I followed the course supplied to build all the generic applications and used the Write and Pbrush utilities to make very effective study notes.
	www.robmorton.20m.com /about_me/profile/prog.htm (1689 words)

	Potent Portables: Random Numbers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Since the value of x1 depends upon the previous value of x1 (designated as x0 in the Microsoft example), the RND function must be given an initial value for x0.
		Microsoft Basic offers the RND function to return random single-precision numbers between 0.000000 and 1.000000.
		Microsoft Basic uses the linear-congruential method for random-number generation in the RND function.
	www.web8201.com /PotentPortables/rnd.html (1139 words)

	No Error Listing File in QB 2.00; Error-Only File in 2.01/3.00 (12243) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		QuickBasic Version 2.00 cannot list compiler errors to a file when compiling from the DOS command line (outside the QB.EXE editor) (see "Separate Compilation Method" in Appendix D of the "Microsoft QuickBasic Compiler" Version 2.0 and 3.0 manual).
		As there is no full-source-listing (.LST) output feature in QuickBasic Versions 2.00, 2.01, and 3.00, there is also no compiler /A option to output the assembler translation of the Basic code.
		The compiler /A option is supported only in QuickBasic Versions 1.00, 1.02, 1.02, 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50.
	wwwtest.sunsite.org.uk /sites/ftp.microsoft.com/MISC/KB/en-us/12/243.HTM (270 words)

	Microsoft BASIC version information
		Microsoft's licensing spokesperson "Rich H." told me, on 2-8-00, that anyone with a valid license to use any recent version of Visual Basic is also licensed to use any older version of Microsoft Basic products.
		Compilers for the AppleII, and CP/M computers had already been written by microSoft, but BASCOM 1.0 was the most powerful to date.
		Microsoft's BASIC compilers, before the diversion of QB (meant to address the horror of Borland's wildly successful Turbo Pascal), were up to version 5.35 or so (also sold as IBM BASCOM in versions 1.0 and 2.0 before IBM dropped the line).
	www.emsps.com /oldtools/msbasv.htm (3832 words)

	Computerworld - Programming › Quick BASIC and QBasic programming language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		QuickBasic 4.5 developers understand the need for and will be most appreciative of this development tool.
		Many programmers stay away from the QuickBASIC 'environment' (the term often used for the QuickBASIC interpreter/debugger) as it reformats (tokenizes) your source and has limitations and undesirable behavioral and limitation differences from compiled programs.
		The QBE program inputs.LST files created when the QuickBASIC compile line parameter specified a listing file should be created and that listing file is accessible when the run-time (or compilation error) occurs and followed by a QBE launch.
	drn.digitalriver.com /category.php[id]238[SiteID]computerworld (589 words)

	[alt.lang.basic.compiler] FAQ - read this first!
		However, discussions about the use of this compiler (once it is functional) are on topic.
		Discusions of compiler creation in general are on-topic insofar as they relate to any on-topic project.
		First of all, it's an alt group, and many news admins feel that it's a small and unimportant one at that, so it has a tendency to have short expiration times (or not even be carried at all on some servers), so participation is reduced even further than it would be.
	www.cs.uu.nl /wais/html/na-dir/compilers/free/basic.html (2420 words)

	MoonRock compiler and development language (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The current version of the compiler is written with MicroSoft's QuickBASIC and Visual BASIC for DOS.
		A _very_ early beta (totally unsupported) is available along with the MoonRock compiler source: mrsrc017.zip.
		This demonstrates the greatly enhanced parsing abilities of the new compiler, but don't expect it to work too well otherwise.
	www.rowan.sensation.net.au /moonrock.html (408 words)

	QuickBasic for Macintosh Will Not Run with 32-bit Addressing (84557) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This information applies to Microsoft QuickBasic versions 1.0, 1.0a, and 1.0b for the Apple Macintosh.
		With an Apple Macintosh LC, the binary version of QuickBasic will work, but the decimal version will return a "BUS ERROR" and crash when you try to compile.
		To run QuickBasic on these systems, turn off the 32-bit addressing from the System Control Panel and restart the system.
	www.it-faq.pl /mskb/84/557.HTM (165 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The programs are better used by students when they are compiled (and the source code is not available to them).
		The compiled programs, INDUCT.EXE and FAST.EXE, can be run from the DOS prompt by typing INDUCT or FAST, resp.
		The programs have been compiled with Microsoft's BASIC Compiler Ver.
	www.utexas.edu /cola/depts/philosophy/faculty/causey/PHLSIMREADME.TXT (324 words)

	REM-$-INCLUDE versus ZUSAMMENFÜHRUNG in QuickBASIC Compiler & Interpreter
		Microsoft stellt diese Artikel deutschsprachigen Benutzern, die der englischen Sprache nicht mächtig sind, als Hilfe zur Verfügung, damit diese den Inhalt dieser Artikel verstehen können.
		In Microsoft QuickBASIC für das Apple Macintosh wird das metacommand REM-$-INCLUDE nur für den Compiler verwandt (als andere Metacommands sind) und in der Umgebung von Interpreter ignoriert wird.
		Microsoft übernimmt keinerlei Gewährleistung dafür, dass die angebotenen Artikel und Informationen auch in Ihrer Einsatzumgebung die erwünschten Ergebnisse erzielen.
	support.microsoft.com /default.aspx?scid=kb%3Bde%3BD37425 (379 words)

	Visual Basic Development
		It uses Microsoft's standard VBScript engine as its core, combined with extensions to create a complete development and runtime environment.
		Basic Gurus- This web site is for computer programmers with the hope that those with Basic knowledge will use this site to share their experience of programming with others.
		Microsoft® BASIC Version Information- This web site gives information on previous versions of BASIC going back to 1981.
	visualbasic.ittoolbox.com /nav/t.asp?t=353&p=353&h1=353 (560 words)

	FLVS Student Newsletter, "News-in-a-Click," February 2002
		With the introduction of the IBM PC in 1981, Gates and Allen were hired to develop IBM-DOS, the operating system designed for the first IBM PCs.
		As a result, Microsoft released the QuickBasic line of compilers up to version 4.5.
		Also, Microsoft was kind enough to provide an excellent help file that aids with those inevitable programming bugs.
	www.flvs.net /fvsnews/feb2002/jordan.htm (784 words)

	QuickBasic Must Be Main Program in Mixed-Language Calling
		When writing a mixed-language program utilizing modules written in either Microsoft QuickBasic or Microsoft Basic Compiler, Basic must be the start-up controlling language.
		For example, if a mixed-language program uses both C and QuickBasic modules, then QuickBasic must be the controlling language.
		Thus, C cannot call QuickBasic without QuickBasic first calling C. This information applies to Microsoft QuickBasic Versions 4.00, 4.00b, and 4.50 for MS-DOS, to Microsoft Basic Compiler Versions 6.00 and 6.00b for MS-DOS and MS OS/2, and to Microsoft Basic PDS Version 7.00 for MS-DOS and MS OS/2.
	support.microsoft.com /kb/q47511 (157 words)

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		The programs have been compiled and tested on both an IBM PC compatible computer (with MS-DOS 3.1 and Microsoft Fortran Compiler 4.1) and a VAX running 4.3BSD/Sultrix Unix.
		All of the programs are interactive and query the user for information or offer choices as appropriate.
		MINFILE and associated programs were compiled with the Microsoft QuickBASIC compiler, v.
	www.amc.anl.gov /ANLSoftwareLibrary/MASLIB(old)/TRANSFER/JULIE.LST (610 words)

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