OKOKOKOK

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Date: Sun Mar (13:07)              Number: 106
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Re: OKOKOKOK
By: Russ #87 @3454 VirtualNET

>      Obviously, I have not used any of the new BASICS, but I think that anyo

Obviously.

> who wants to argue that any BASIC is better than 'C' is fighting a losing
> battle. How fast is BASIC compared to 'C'? How much room difference is there

I program in both C and BASIC, and BASIC is very nice for a lot of things.
You can get a lot done with fancy screen output (256 color VGA is built in)
without worrying about a lot of details.

> Can you use interupts easily (with JUST BASIC CODE)?

inregs.ax = &H0000
inregs.bx = &H0034
CALL INTERRUPT(&H21, inregs, outregs)
' look ma, I just called int 21h

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