From: mlsmith AT ktis DOT net (Michael L. Smith) Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Announcement: OmniBasic Version 1.27 Date: Wed, 20 Aug 1997 05:29:00 GMT Organization: Computer Design Lab Lines: 22 Message-ID: <5tdvas$o4_008@mlsmith.ktis.net> References: <5so1im$s0_006 AT mlsmith DOT ktis DOT net> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Address correction: mlsmith AT ktis DOT net In article <5so1im$s0_006 AT mlsmith DOT ktis DOT net>, mlsmith AT vax2 DOT rainis DOT net (Michael L. Smith) wrote: >Computer Design Lab announces the availability of OmniBasic >version 1.27. This release includes a number of new features >including SELECT/CASE, CONTINUE, RANDOMIZE, and comprehensive >XForms support for the Linux version. In addition to its >unrivaled portability, OmniBasic has shown itself to be the >one to beat in recent benchmark tests for speed and efficiency. >There are also many changes which accomodate the QB/PB style >syntax making conversion much easier. The shareware versions >are available for download from: > >http://www.bmtmicro.com/catalog/omnibasic.html > >OmniBasic is a structured dialect of Basic which includes such >features as true pointers, based variables, macros, C compatability >at the function as well as the linker levels, and a host of >other advanced features. Like many C compilers, but unlike >other Basic compilers, OmniBasic was written in itself. This >is to say that the source code for OmniBasic... is OmniBasic.