> From: Davd Brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Alas, qbasic and xbasic were incomprehensible. In > trying to 'modernize', they made it impossible to > figure out how to type a few lines and run them to see > what happens.
Not really qbasic works very similarly to gwbasic. The main difference is that they removed the 'run' command, and replaced it with a menu option (or f5). You type in your code and press f5 and...it runs. Also use control-Break to break execution. Not difficult or incomprehensible at all. Now if you are stepping through the code line-by-line using breakpoints, you can use the 'immediate window' at the bottom of the screen to 'type a few lines and run them to see what happens'. In case you are wondering the basic interpreter that comes with ms-dos 6.2 is...Qbasic. And qbasic works in windows just fine. Furthermore Visual Basic can still do 99% of the things that qbasic / gwbasic do, you just have wrap the code in functions. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
