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On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 16:30:36 +0200
Janis Papanagnou <janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Just recently I picked a piece of old BASIC code - granted,
> it was not one of the fancier new BASIC dialects but back
> from the "glory mainframe days"

Yeah, the Elder BASICs are a different story. FreeBasic made a fairly
decent language out of the QB lineage, though - still use that semi-
regularly for proof-of-concept stuff and quick li'l one-off utilities.