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by Microsoft from BASICA, originally for Compaq. It is otherwise
identical to Microsoft/IBM BASICA, but is a fully self-contained
executable and does not need the ROM BASIC. It was bundled with
MS-DOS operating systems on IBM PC compatibles by Microsoft. Microsoft
also sold a BASIC compiler, BASCOM, compatible with GW-BASIC, for programs
needing more speed. The language is suitable for simple games, business
programs and the like. Since it was included with most versions of MS-DOS,
it was also a low cost way for many would-be programmers to learn the fundamentals
of computer programming.With the release of MS-DOS 5.0,Quick,Visual Basic GW-BASIC's
place was taken by QBasic, the interpreter part of the separately available
QuickBASIC compiler it.download free all versions.
