PowerBASIC, Inc. has just released FirstBasic as a shareware product.
From the FILE_ID.DIZ:
FirstBasic compiler 1.00 by PowerBASIC.  A
true machine code Basic compiler. Stop using
the QBasic interpreter and step up to the
speed of compiled code.  Leave behind 64k
string limitations and feel the "Power" of
built-in Array Sorting & Searching, file and
record Locking, and more accurate calculations
with 80-bit floating point and BCD variables
for financial calculations.  See how we put
the "Power" in Basic.  $25 SHAREWARE.
File request FIRSTBAS.ZIP from Fidonet 1:100/560.  First call downloads
are available by calling Toast House BBS at (314) 994-0312.
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