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QB64, Assembly, and Software Bloat
Johny B.:
Oh, and by the way: QuickBasic did NOT include any of the interpreter components in the final executable. bc.exe and was used to compile code, while qb.exe provided an IDE and a interpreter. In fact, now that I think about it, I can't recall any type of BASIC that made executables by bundling the source and interpreter together.
fatman2021:
--- Quote from: Johny B. on April 17, 2012, 08:28:36 AM ---Oh, and by the way: QuickBasic did NOT include any of the interpreter components in the final executable. bc.exe and was used to compile code, while qb.exe provided an IDE and a interpreter. In fact, now that I think about it, I can't recall any type of BASIC that made executables by bundling the source and interpreter together.
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There has actually been a couple versions of BASIC that did convert it's source code into byte code and then append the BASIC interpreter on top of the byte code.
Johny B.:
I'm intrigued. Any examples?
fatman2021:
--- Quote from: Johny B. on April 17, 2012, 08:50:39 AM ---I'm intrigued. Any examples?
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There was one that I am thinking of in particular but I can not remember its name. It made 32-bit MS-DOS executables, and was one of the first MS-DOS BASIC Compilers to natively support SVGA Graphics and Audio hardware. The project was abandoned a long time ago because of a lack of interest.
fatman2021:
GBasic V1.0 BETA A fast multimedia BASIC programming environment By Gunnar Beushausen 1996-97
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