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		donatj 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using Microsoft's New CLI Text Editor on Ubuntu > QBASIC was basically just a cut-down build of QuickBASIC with some features disabled Huh, I've wondered about the difference for the last 30+ years.

mattl 3 months ago [–]

QuickBASIC, Visual BASIC for DOS and PDS (Professional Development System) all had some variation on the same design. PDS has QuickBASIC Extended.

I briefly worked with them.

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