Re: BASIC & strings [Was: Why use Basic at all? (was Re: BASIC with built-in matrix functions?)]

In article <M8Xzi.44363$Lu.15279@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>, "Judson
McClendon" <judmc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>"Phred" <ppnerkDELETETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>> I still use GWBASIC (on Win XP Pro :) for playing around with data
>> that need to be "shuffled".  If the job is a bit more complex I use
>> QB4.5.  (And, if I can ever find my old PDS7.1 floppies, and if they
>> still work, I'll try to install that instead of using 4.5 ...
>
>Why in the world would you want to write anything in GWBASIC?

Horses for courses.

Some things are just quicker to do by invoking "GW" and typing in a 
few lines of code.  But I agree with you, I also invoke "QB" for 
anything that's a bit more complex, and especially if I see value in 
saving a program to use again later.

Cheers, Phred.

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