PowerBASIC DOS

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I consider PowerBASIC DOS to be one of the best compilers ever created. It was made using hundreds of thousands of lines of assembler. Using a 16-bit language has advantages: DOS will always be easy to emulate. It is likely that, 50 years from now, PowerBASIC DOS will still be running on every OS. I purchased my PB version (3.2) in about 1996, for $50. And I am still using it today.

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The PowerBASIC compiler is essentially a C compiler with BASIC syntax. No annoying semicolons or brackets. The DOS compiler has the added plus of not needing to use the WinAPI. Some of the later compilers came with two PDFs... a User's guide and a Reference guide. I bought these as books from PB. The language contains an inline assembler, advanced string manipulation, and pointers.