I am using Liberty Basic for my qbasic programming its a nice program 8)
What are you using?
qb45.exe
Sometimes vbdos.exe if I need a small speed boost.
I am a lazy bastard, hear me roar.
VBDOS usually for graphics-based programs, QBX (QB 7.1) for all others.
Pssst guys, this is a QBasic forum...
Where can I get VBDOS?
Doesn't Liberty BASIC cost money?
Quote:Doesn't Liberty BASIC cost money?
Yes, it does. But I wouldn't spend it: it is not worth.
Give me the best qbasic program there it 8)
Quote:VBDOS usually for graphics-based programs, QBX (QB 7.1) for all others.
*double-takes* waaaaaa?
vbdos has the slowest routines ever that only use the slow interface ever (windows gdi). if you dont use
gigantic dx sdk, you can't program graphics in it at all and then it becomes a pain.
here's the lowdown on the basic compilers that are out there for you.
quickbasic: Released in 1987 it has something of a cult following (us), and is mostly used for hobbyist programming, like games and such. It's fun, but too old and inefficient for anything you could, say, make a career or a hugely popular game with.
visual basic: Microsoft's answer to a qbasic for windows. First released in '91, it's still being continued, and is used by some small time career programmers. It's slow, but it has excellent gui features being a visual compiler, so it's good for stuff like business apps and the like.
powerbasic: They made a beautiful dos compiler that outpaced qb but was never popular due to lack of libraries and following (as well as mode 13h). Plus, the price tag's big, as compared to qb's abandonware value. But they have a windows version i've never tried it (nor can i get a demo). I can't recommend it for that reason because it's not worth $200 to test, but it could be as fast (relative to other compilers) as its dos brother, and with dx you shouldn't have a problem with libraries or screen modes.
purebasic: it's not free, but it's like 60 or 70 bucks compared to a couple hundred so it's the best of the "budget" compilers. still not as fast as say, the free dev-c++, but faster than anything that'll you'll get for free and it has a ton of useful libraries that come with it like .h files are for c.
libertybasic, rapidq, i've tried these but i just can't get hooked on them. there's also x-basic which is okay but it's ide is a bitch.
Quote:Quote:VBDOS usually for graphics-based programs, QBX (QB 7.1) for all others.
*double-takes* waaaaaa?
vbdos has the slowest routines ever that only use the slow interface ever (windows gdi). if you dont use gigantic dx sdk, you can't program graphics in it at all and then it becomes a pain.
O_o... AFAIK, ye good ol' VBDOS is for DOS and doesn't use Windows GDI
Maybe you got confused
.
VBDOS produces faster and better code than any version of QB. If you throw away the TUI (like GUI but in textmode
) facilites it offers, it is just like QB with extra features (like arrays in structures, like PDS) and with a different (but very similar and nice) IDE.
you're exactly right, my in-a-rush persona then skipped over the fact that it was vbdos and not vb.
yeah, vbdos is good for graphics, but about as good as qb ever was (it's qb after vb came out and they needed a gimmick). (sorry for the confusion).
yeah, out of them i'd pick 4.5, 7.1, vbdos. it really doesnt matter between the three except for small optimizations and trite features.
I used to use FirstBasic (sort of a demo for PowerBASIC), and recently moved over to QB 4.5. I thought VBDOS was dead and gone... :???: