ZBasic - Revision history

Ygdrazil at 08:27, 13 March 2012

2012-03-13T08:27:15Z

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	[[Category: Programming software]][[Category:BASIC]]		[[Category: Programming software]][[Category:BASIC]][[Category:Manual]]

2012-03-11T13:30:29Z

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	[[Image:Zbasic_advert.png\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Advert for Z-Basic i [[Amstrad Computer User]]]]		[[Image:Zbasic_advert.png\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Advert for Z-Basic in [[Amstrad Computer User]]]]

	ZBASIC fell somewhere between a traditional compiler and an interpreter. As an early advertisement described it:		ZBASIC fell somewhere between a traditional compiler and an interpreter. As an early advertisement described it:

	''ZBASIC is an “Interactive Compiler.” This means it is resident while you write your BASIC programs. You may compile your program and run it or save it, without destroying your resident BASIC program! In fact, jumping back and forth between your compiled program and your BASIC program is one of its best features!''		''ZBASIC is an “Interactive Compiler.” This means it is resident while you write your BASIC programs. You may compile your program and run it or save it, without destroying your resident BASIC program! In fact, jumping back and forth between your compiled program and your BASIC program is one of its best features!''

	Despite its tight integration with interpreted BASIC, ZBASIC compiled to pure Z80 machine language. Compilation time was very fast, described as two seconds for a 4K program.		Despite its tight integration with interpreted BASIC, ZBASIC compiled to pure Z80 machine language. Compilation time was very fast, described as two seconds for a 4K program.

2010-01-23T10:16:28Z

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			[[Image:Zbasic_advert.png\|thumb\|right\|200px\|Advert for Z-Basic i [[Amstrad Computer User]]]]

	ZBASIC fell somewhere between a traditional compiler and an interpreter. As an early advertisement described it:		ZBASIC fell somewhere between a traditional compiler and an interpreter. As an early advertisement described it:

2010-01-23T10:11:07Z

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	Despite its tight integration with interpreted BASIC, ZBASIC compiled to pure Z80 machine language. Compilation time was very fast, described as two seconds for a 4K program.		Despite its tight integration with interpreted BASIC, ZBASIC compiled to pure Z80 machine language. Compilation time was very fast, described as two seconds for a 4K program.

	Although not a [[~~HiSoft~~]] product ZBasic was distributed by HiSoft.		Although not a [[Hisoft]] product ZBasic was distributed by HiSoft.

	== History ==		== History ==

2010-01-23T10:10:37Z

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	Despite its tight integration with interpreted BASIC, ZBASIC compiled to pure Z80 machine language. Compilation time was very fast, described as two seconds for a 4K program.		Despite its tight integration with interpreted BASIC, ZBASIC compiled to pure Z80 machine language. Compilation time was very fast, described as two seconds for a 4K program.

			Although not a [[HiSoft]] product ZBasic was distributed by HiSoft.

	== History ==		== History ==

2010-01-23T10:04:31Z

Reviews

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	ZBasic was reviewed in [[Amstrad Computer User]]		ZBasic was reviewed in [[Amstrad Computer User]]

			<gallery>
			image:ACU8702031.jpg\|Review in [[Amstrad Computer User]]
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	== Download ==		== Download ==

2010-01-22T00:09:31Z

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	[[Category: Programming software]]		[[Category: Programming software]][[Category:BASIC]]

2010-01-21T10:46:06Z

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			ZBASIC fell somewhere between a traditional compiler and an interpreter. As an early advertisement described it:

			''ZBASIC is an “Interactive Compiler.” This means it is resident while you write your BASIC programs. You may compile your program and run it or save it, without destroying your resident BASIC program! In fact, jumping back and forth between your compiled program and your BASIC program is one of its best features!''

			Despite its tight integration with interpreted BASIC, ZBASIC compiled to pure Z80 machine language. Compilation time was very fast, described as two seconds for a 4K program.

	== History ==		== History ==

2010-01-21T10:43:57Z

Links

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	== Links ==		== Links ==

	[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZBasic Wikipedia on ZBasic]]		[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZBasic Wikipedia on ZBasic]


	[[Category: Programming software]]		[[Category: Programming software]]

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			== History ==

			== Reviews ==

			ZBasic was reviewed in [[Amstrad Computer User]]

			== Download ==


			== Manual ==

			[[Media:ZBASIC.pdf\|Manual for ZBasic (PDF)]]

			== Links ==

			[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZBasic Wikipedia on ZBasic]]


	[[Category: Programming software]]		[[Category: Programming software]]