Ok, this is starting to sound like a real archeology project. But QuickBASIC always produced .exe files.
Also, some of the earliest computer like sinclair QL really only had BASIC. There used to be a BASIC compiler in the PC/XT called ROM-BASIC, which would do BASIC. And of course the very first product ever made by Microsoft was a BASIC interpreter for one of those electronics kits featuring a micoprocessor. Great time that was actually, cloning and porting software from mainframes to microprocessors and making millions in the process. ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht ----- Van: "Steve Nickolas" <usots...@buric.co> Aan: "Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers." <freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> Verzonden: Woensdag 28 januari 2015 12:16:35 Onderwerp: Re: [Freedos-devel] Instituting a vetting process for FreeDOS software On Wed, 28 Jan 2015, JAYDEN CHARBONNEAU wrote: > To be clear,it was the first version of Microsoft's QUICKBASIC.It was the > only version that supported creating EXE files. Every version of "QuickBasic" supports that, as opposed to QBASIC. > Quite frankly,and I've said this multiple times (My opinion will not > change),a good program is a good program,no matter the source.(Here's a > funny way of putting it).If I were to make a program that saves the > world,but it was made with the world's worst compiler,would that > disqualify the program? There's ways and there's ways, but there's always ways. > QBASIC may not be open source,but it's free (Like turbo C++). Not...really. It's "free" if you have a legitimate copy of IBM DOS 5, MS-DOS 5 or 6.x, or certain versions of Windows NT. <snip> > Back in the day (I'm not old enough to remember this,but I know this as > fact),everything was made in BASIC. You "know" this, but actually, at that time a lot of stuff was actually done in assembler or maybe Pascal, not BASIC. I *am* old enough to remember this. > Even OPERATING SYSTEMS were basically a BASIC intrepeter. Only, really, on Commodore computers. -uso. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming. The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
