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BASIC for Amiga

    02-Aug-90 17:22:29
Sb: #115345-BASIC for Amiga
Fm: Steven D. Kapplin 70055,1021
To: Betty Clay/SYSOP 76702,337
Betty, I'm sure that will be the case. But after all we do have HiSoft, A/C Basic, and I forgot about F-Basic, which is now in version 3.0 which includes an integrated editor and source level debugger. F-Basic is super fast. The new version also fully supports 68020/030 processors and 881/882 co-processors. F-Basic is more Pascal-like than Basic, it has rigid variable typing and a RECORD structure, like Pascal. It has extremely powerful string manipulation instructions, and the new version claims to have new instructions for matrix manipulation and complex numbers. Sounds pretty good. I just sent my upgrade order, so haven't anything specific to report about it. I have a 68020 coprocessor and HiSoft works fine with it. I have a patch program which came with the coprocessor which patches AmigaBasic, and believe it or not it works. Steve