On May 2, 3:16=A0am, Smohn Jith  wrote:
> First the diatribe:
>
> 10 years ago I bought GSoft Basic. =A0It was touted as the greatest thing
> to hit the Apple //gs world. =A0It would allow you to do all things you
> dreamed of doing, SHR screen, Desktop programs, etc. =A0I found out it was=

> never going to be a compiled language. =A0On a real //gs it's slow, the
> editor is weird, nay ridiculous. =A0Open-Apple-F is for FIND, not delete a=

> character, no if, ands, or buts about it. =A0I was excited about the
> Desktop Examples. =A0Hmmm I can't seem to do anything with them, oh wait,
> you need Rez, not included. =A0It's going to be bundled with the never
> completed Toolbox Programming Tutorial. =A0Oh yeah, the shell is crippled
> too. =A0Great. =A0Fantastic. =A0So it sat and I lost interest...

I actually got about a third of Toolbox Programming In GSoft BASIC
written.  I keep meaning to talk to Mike Westerfield about posting a
PDF of it along with the samples online for download.

Eric Shepherd
Owner
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