RZ> Powerbasic is NOT shareware, and NOT freeware. There's a demo, though.
 RZ> http://www.powerbasic.com/, demos section, or ftp.powerbasic.com, look
 RZ> for TRYPB3.ZIP
   It's one of the sorriest demos I've ever seen.  I've seen MANY that were
MUCH better in other languages.  The TRYPB3 IDE will not even allow the
loading of a file written in another editor.  The thing also has NO real
tutorial that would encourage a novice to want to learn it.  
   If you're already an expert programmer and want to waste the time to copy
your code into the thing I guess one would go for it.  I was sorry I wasted
time downloading it.  
Sincerely, 
                                     Frank
                                                                              
                                                       
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