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How does QBasic differ from Quick Basic?
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MS-DOS QBasic is very similar to QuickBasic. QBasic is actually a truncated version of QuickBasic, a compilable version. QuickBasic supports two methods of program compilation:
Requires a run-time module, to interpret the QuickBasic code.
Will create stand-alone compiled *.EXE files.
QuickBasic also supports libraries that can be compiled at runtime, but have been previously created. These libraries are interchangeable with other "Quick" products like Quick C, etc.
QBasic is not entirely the same as QuickBasic, in that some code modification may be necessary to get the QB code to run in QuickBasic, but more importantly, QuickBasic code needs to first be saved in ASCII text format and edited to remove unsupported commands for it to run in QBasic.
The easiest way to tell which one you have, is by looking at the version number... QBasic is usually ver 1.1, while the most common versions of QuickBasic are 4.0 and 4.5.
Note: version 7.0 is commonly called PDS. (Professional Development System.)
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QbasicFAQ_QuickBasic
How does QBasic differ from Quick Basic?
Back to QBasic FAQ Main Page.
MS-DOS QBasic is very similar to QuickBasic. QBasic is actually a truncated version of QuickBasic, a compilable version. QuickBasic supports two methods of program compilation:
Requires a run-time module, to interpret the QuickBasic code.
Will create stand-alone compiled *.EXE files.
QuickBasic also supports libraries that can be compiled at runtime, but have been previously created. These libraries are interchangeable with other "Quick" products like Quick C, etc.
QBasic is not entirely the same as QuickBasic, in that some code modification may be necessary to get the QB code to run in QuickBasic, but more importantly, QuickBasic code needs to first be saved in ASCII text format and edited to remove unsupported commands for it to run in QBasic.
The easiest way to tell which one you have, is by looking at the version number... QBasic is usually ver 1.1, while the most common versions of QuickBasic are 4.0 and 4.5.
Note: version 7.0 is commonly called PDS. (Professional Development System.)
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