Why should I use FreeBASIC rather than QBasic?
FreeBASIC has innumerable advantages over QBasic, QuickBASIC, PDS, and Visual Basic for DOS. • It supports 32-bit processors, where QBasic is designed for 16-bit CPU’s. • It supports modern OSes. It has ports to Windows, Linux, and 32-bit DOS. • It supports modern APIs such as SDL, DirectX, Win32, and OpenGL. • It is distributed under the GPL, meaning it’s free and legal to use, unlike most copies of QuickBASIC / other BASICs. • The library is distributed under the LGPL with additional exception, meaning you may do whatever you want with your compiled programs, including selling them (note: possible problem with graphics library). • FreeBASIC is many times faster than QuickBASIC / other BASICs. • FreeBASIC supports many features, such as pointers and inline Assembly, which are not available in QuickBASIC / other BASICs. • QuickBASIC only supports DOS. Windows support for DOS emulation (and thus QuickBASIC) is becoming thinner with every new version. Vista does not support graphics or f
