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		recursive on May 6, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 30 years later, QBasic is still the best You mean javascript? It's already implemented in your browser.

mark-r on May 6, 2016 [–]

No, I mean implementing a full Basic interpreter in Javascript. For nostalgia's sake, or for teaching the kids, as in the article.

ef4 on May 7, 2016 | [–]

No need to reimplement. The original QBasic runs in your browser: https://archive.org/details/msdos_qbasic_megapack

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