On 3 Oct 2009, at 13:37, John Gilpin wrote:
I understand that there is no need to compile BASIC programs when
using QPC2 (SMSQ) - the SBASIC code can be EXEC'd without TURBO or
QLIBERATOR.
Do I take this to mean that I just "Ex win1_program_bas" ?
And if it's as easy as that, what are the benefits and drawbacks of
doing this?
The introduction to the SMSQ/E manual states:
"SuperBASIC has been replaced by SBASIC . . . which executes at speeds
more often associated with compiled SuperBASIC than interpreted
SuperBASIC. There is no longer any need to compile SuperBASIC
programs: you can just EXECute them."
That may be true of Qlib but Turbo still gives a speed advantage.
The manual also says that you can invoke SBASIC as a "thing". Typing
EXEP "sbasic" brings up a daughter SBASIC with its 3 windows. The
manual also says that you can start SBASIC with channels and a
parameter string. The first channel is taken as the SBASIC program.
Thus you should be able to type EXEP "sbasic",ram1_p_bas to get the
same effect as EX ram1_p_bas. Unfortunately this doesn't work because
EXEP ignores the channels given to it. However you can use my EXEG
instead. Typing EXEG "sbasic",ram1_p_bas does indeed execute ram1_p_bas.
George
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