From:	dallasii AT kincyb DOT com
Date:	Tue, 6 Jan 1998 01:52:14 -0700
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Subject:	RE: Answers!
To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com

WW> From: WonderWhim <WonderWhim AT aol DOT com>
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WW> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 1998 12:07:58 EST
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WW> In a message dated 98-01-03 20:57:06 EST, you write:
WW> 
WW> > 
WW> >  > Basic to C translator?  Are you fishing for flames?
WW> >  
WW> >  That's actually not a bad idea.  Most BASIC compilers are terrible at
WW> [...]
WW> 
WW> There is at least one Basic to C converter that I know of.  However, It's a

WW> unix program, so you'll have to change a few things to get it to compile
WW> right.  It's called qb2c, and can be found at
WW> sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/lang/basic/qb2c.tgz  It handles QuickBasic
WW> syntax, but no sound or graphics.  I've never used it, so I can't give a
WW> reccomendation.
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Good news.
I just remembered the DDS-BASIC interpreter in "Expert C Programming 
(Deep C Secrets)" by Peter Van Der Linden, SunSoft/Prentice Hall,
ISBN0-13-177429-8, pages 225-232, page 231 specificly.
Yes, only 1,500 bytes (< 1 page) long, a 3 page user manual. :-)

Bad news.
It was entered in the International Obfuscated C Code Competition 
(IOCCC). :-(
Van Der Linden states it's worth cleaning up to study an amazing program.

I recall about 10 years ago, a possibly even briefer BASIC to FORTH
compiler by Charles Moore was published in "Forth Dimension",
only it was being studied as a marvel of elegant code instead
of being entered in an obfuscated code contest.
(But then some (not me) would argue that Forth is by definition
obfuscated. :-) )

I assume the ReXX interpreter for DOS the original poster found
was BREXX?   If not, then BREXX is another possiblity, contact
me for info.


Regards,
Dallas E. Legan II
(562) 862 - 4854 ext. '*'

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