On Sun, 06 Mar 2011 13:24:27 -0700, Bob La Londe
wrote:
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Any thoughts?


Any modern BASIC compiler is a good place to start.
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While not freeware, PowerBasic is the lineal descendent of
Borland's TurboBASIC, and is very robust and fast, both to
compile and run, with good developer environment. The
console compiler is ideal for data intensive operations that
dont require much operator input. This runs on Windows and
does not require a DOS box. A 32 bit application/

see http://www.powerbasic.com/ for general info and
http://www.powerbasic.com/products/clcc/ for console [text
mode] compiler info [49.00$US for v4.0,169.00$ for v5.0
printed manual available at 49$US]

http://www.powerbasic.com/products/

-- Unka George (George McDuffee)
...............................
The past is a foreign country;
they do things differently there.
L. P. Hartley (1895-1972), British author.
The Go-Between, Prologue (1953).