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  Re: BASIC was Re: Precomplete
  By: Ed Vance to August Abolins on Fri May 07 2021 19:58:00

 EV> I never thought that BASIC code would be talked about, although I
 EV> did see a message recently about BASIC for LINUX.

That BASIC you're talking about is called GAMBAS. Pretty decent language
implementation as well as a GUI for full development under Linux. There is a
pretty active mailing list with the developer taking an active part. No echo
though.

VB.NET is free as well, and even runs under Linux (if you're careful what you
do). The VB Usenet group (there is one) seems to be completely dead. 

VB 1.0 for DOS is still available for download, as is QBasic etc, but they
require use of DosBox as they don't run under windows any more. Should still
run under Win95 without any effort. 

If you want some more specifics, feel free to contact me here or directly. 

JD

John
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