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QuickBASIC is a BASIC compiler/interpreter for DOS and OS/2. (A version was also made for the Macintosh, but it wasn't nearly as successful as the DOS version, and was discontinued after version 1.) An IDE has been included with QuickBasic since version 2.0.

The final product in the QuickBASIC line was QuickBASIC Extended 7.1, also called Microsoft BASIC Professional Development System 7.1 or QBX. (According to Wikipedia's QuickBASIC entry, the QBX IDE did not run under OS/2.)

Microsoft eventually replaced QuickBASIC with Visual Basic. (Visual Basic 1 for DOS can compile most (if not all) QB code unchanged.)

QBasic

QBasic is an interpreter that Microsoft distributed with later versions of MS-DOS, replacing the classic-style interpreter (GW-BASIC) that was included with earlier versions. It is based on QuickBASIC 4.5, with the compiler and parts of the language removed. Any program specifically written for QBasic will work under QuickBASIC 4.5 or later without changes.

(Note that it is not correct to refer to QuickBASIC as QBasic -- Microsoft considers them to be two seperate products.)

"Standard"

The QuickBASIC language has become something of a de facto standard, inspiring several later compilers, many of which attempt to be QB-compatible (with varying degrees of success). A few of the modern compilers include:

Pages in category "QuickBASIC"

The following 42 pages are in this category, out of 42 total.

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 ==QBasic==
-QBasic is an interpreter that [[Microsoft]] distributed with later versions of MS-DOS. It is based on QuickBASIC 4.5, with the [[compiler]] and parts of the language removed. Any program specifically written for QBasic will work under QuickBASIC 4.5 or later without changes.
+QBasic is an interpreter that [[Microsoft]] distributed with later versions of MS-DOS, replacing the classic-style interpreter ([[wp:GW-BASIC|GW-BASIC]]) that was included with earlier versions. It is based on QuickBASIC 4.5, with the [[compiler]] and parts of the language removed. Any program specifically written for QBasic will work under QuickBASIC 4.5 or later without changes.
 (Note that it is not correct to refer to QuickBASIC as QBasic -- Microsoft considers them to be two seperate products.)