On (03 Apr 95) DANNY DAVIS wrote to ALL...
 DD> Just recently heard of Power Basic and I'm curius as to what advantages
 DD> or lack of advantages it has over Quick Basic.  I've been a long time
 DD> user of Quick Basic, but I have heard that PowerBasic has some awesome
 DD> features to it.  Unfortunately I haven't seen it nor do I know where its
 DD> from (Software Co.), any info that can be provided would be great.  You
 DD> can either post a note here or netmail if you like.
 
Extremely good compiler (very fast, 36000 lines/minute on a 386-20),
many new features (like array handling, string manipulation, etc), easy
TSRs (6 lines of code, very flexible), new data types, unlimited ram
usage (can use ALL conventional ram for data/code), inline assembler,
lots of metacommands for things like version control and conditional
compilation, control over target CPU (8088/286/386), link libraries, FPU
emulation or optimized procedural library, etc. Much better than QB, and
it produces fast, tight code.
Anyway:
       PowerBASIC Inc.
       316 Mid Valley Center
       Carmel, CA 93923
       1-800-780-7707 or (408)659-8000
                      
Also, PB/XTRA is a disk set they sell that offers something like 35MB of
source code and utilities. It does EVERYTHING.
Another company I'll plug is DSE. They make an incredible interface 
library (PB/VISION) and a workshop program to lay out your screens. This
does windowing, all sorts of interface gadgets (like list boxs, combo 
boxes, check boxes, etc), multithreading, lets your software be event 
driven, etc. They also toss in a lot of utility routines for things like
reading ini files and file handling (date/time, etc). They're at 
(707)459-4358. Highly reccommended.
... Whoever said "talk is cheap" never used Compuserve!
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