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I have an old computer with Windows 95 and MS-DOS QBasic Copyright 1987-1991.
I like to write programs to solve complicated recreational math problems.
Should I download a newer version of QBasic or QuickBASIC?
I would like to stay with QB language and not get into C++.
Thanks for your help!
Don Dechman
Charleston, WV
on Dechman
Charleston, WV
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There isn't a new version of QBasic, you have the latest (v.1.1, free with MSDOS 6.22 and Windows 9X). QB was also discontinued in 1988 (last version: 4.5), the Basic Compiler was discontinued in 1990 (with PDS 7.1) and Visual Basic for DOS only released one version in 1992.
I would recommend getting Visual Basic for DOS. It is the most powerful compiler in the Microsoft line for MSDOS. You can grab it from
http://www.download-qb.tk . The BASIC dialect it uses is a superset of QBasic's, that means that everything that works in your QBasic interpreter will work in VBDOS, plus it has a lot of extra features.
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VBDOS is good, but it's an extra 5 megs to download. IMHO 7.1 is fine.
f only life let you press CTRL-Z.
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Freebasic is like QB, except it doesn't suck.
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Qb v7.1 is the best =). It has a lot of good features. Also, if you get into advanced stuff you can use math libraries which add more features to the existing language.
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QB 7.1 does not exist. You mean PDS 7.1.
But no, VBDOS is better.
