Re: A "universal" computer language?

["James W. Wheeler" <jwheeler@EAGLE.LHUP.EDU>]

True BASIC can be purchased with a "binding" program which will convert
"compiled" code into an executable file.  The executable file is fairly
large, but can be run on another machine without having the language
itself loaded.  True BASIC is available for Mac's, for DOS, and for
Windows.  The source code can be the same for both IBM and MAC platforms.
If your MAC screen and IBM screen have the same dimensions, you may not
even desire to change anything!

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

> In a private message XXX wrote:
>
> > I've been using True BASIC for several years.  It came with a
> > linker, which allows you to turn a compiled program into a
> > program executable on a DOS or Windows machine without
> > True BASIC.  The linker is in the runtime directory.
>
> Is this possible on the MAC? Where can I learn about the
> LINKER?
>
> My TRUE BASIC User's Manual  (1988) defines LINLING
> as putting together the subprogram and all the required
> subroutines into one unit before compiling. COMPILING
> follows and a machine code is created. I will try to run an
> executable on a machine which does not have TRUE BASIC.
> But not now.
>
> Thanks to those who reminded me that an "executable" will
> run without its language application being present.
> Ludwik Kowalski