Re: 1980 Basic Sought

<ArarghMail804NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> All 4 exist in BCOM45.LIB, except STD1 is called STDL.
> I would have to examine them to see if the calling sequence is the
> same as PDS 7.10, which is what I use.
>
> Partial BCOM45.LIB listing:
>
> <snip>
> B$ASPRF...........grfpinit          B$ASSN............string
> <snip>
> B$FLEN............strfcn            B$FloatCONASC.....fout
> <snip>
> B$SADD............strfcn            B$SASS............stcore
> <snip>
> B$STDGET..........llparam           B$STDL............string
> <snip>
>
> They are also in BCOM41.LIB.
>
> Also in BCOM40.LIB.
>
> Not in BCOM30.LIB, at least not with these names.
>
> It appears that naming conventions changed between QuickBasic 3 & 4,
> so finding these routines in the earlier libraries would be a pain.

There is a reason those routines were not documented. Any time you use
undocumented features of a compiler you are begging for unreliability
and obsolescence. If you're writing programs for fun, have at it. :-)
But when you write code, as I do, for clients who want reliability and
longevity, using such features, especially when it's only to gain some
trivial, likely only perceived, advantage, is not good business. :-)
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