Re: Macintosh Basic!!!

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Subject: Re: Macintosh Basic!!!
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Date: Tue, 21-Aug-84 04:55:52 EDT
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From: ssc-vax!eve@ssc-bee (Michael Eve)
[ED. - Note that the original message dealt with Apple Macintosh Basic, and
not Microsoft BASIC which this message deals with. Hopefully this will clear
up any confusion others have. From what I have seen, Apple Macintosh Basic is
a complete win.]

....
Before you shell out the bucks for Microsoft Basic,
I suggest you read the August Byte, pg. 248. The
author claims that with usoft Basic, there is only
13k bytes available for user program and data space!

I also attended a seminar by one of the designers of
Microsoft Basic here in Seattle. To achieve 14-digit
precision with dollars and cents, BCD arithmetic is
used internally exclusively. That should really
shoot performance in the foot. Early benchmarks
I have seen confirm that this Basic does indeed
bark.

Too bad. The Mac is getting enough bad press without
all the flak this Basic is going to catch.

mike eve