And SINCE . IT . IS .. FREEWARE...
I played with FreeBasic a while back and was impressed.
It wasn't hard to get old QB45 code running.
Nor was it hard to adapt to FreeBasic default styles.
I did a little Alien Invaders hack that was kinda fun.
Lots of examples and toys available for it (FB) as well.
This, by all means, should be deemed to be the basic BASIC.
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Richard Lamb
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