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On 12/20/2013 02:44 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote:
> Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
>> 20.12.13 16:19, Roy Smith написав(ла):
>>
>>> http://xkcd.com/1306/
>>
>> QBASIC$, not $QBASIC.
> 
> Or just QB$. (Most BASICs of that era only regarded
> the first two characters as significant.)

Maybe BASIC's of the 70s.  But Not QB.  QuickBasic was a pretty
impressive compiler in its day.  Completely modern, structured language.
 And a pretty impressive IDE for its day that did some pretty slick
source code navigation.