XPost: alt.lang.basic   
   From: kr-lund@nogarbage.online.no   
      
   Richard VanHouten wrote:   
   > J French wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:35:31 +0100, Knut Roll-Lund   
   >>  wrote:   
      
   He cut all what I wrote (but left the 'wrote:' there)...   
   Which probably was my statement about both TRS-80 Level 2 BASIC and   
   GWBASIC was made by MS.   
      
   The TRS-80 Level 1 was made by Tandy (I think, I checked my sources and   
   found very few references) famous for its error messages (only WHAT?,   
   HOW? and SORRY).   
      
   >> Commodore BASIC and Apple II BASIC were both written by MS   
   >> - something I only learnt recently   
   >>   
   >> For a long time I wondered why they both used Chr$(4) in the CHARGOT   
   >> routine   
   >   
   >   
   > Applesoft was written by MS, Apple Integer Basic was not.  I don't know   
   > about the history of Commodore BASICs.   
      
   I wonder why Applesoft isn't more similar, but it is probably the   
   backwards compatibility in both cases.   
      
   Applesoft is supposed to be based on Commodore PET's basic (also made by   
   MS).   
      
   Knut   
      
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