Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code

Re:Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code by pauldavis on Monday March 07, 2022 @09:43AM (#30588373)

Does everybody know the duality of "Gee Whiz BASIC" and "Gordon Whitten BASIC"?

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Re:Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code by IncRnd on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:45AM (#30590033)

Yes. And, there are other possible expansions, e.g. Gates William.

This is likely no different than the MZ in the DOS exe header. Nobody actually knows (and says!) what MZ stands for, but it is believed to be Mark Zbikowski.

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Re:Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code by pauldavis on Monday March 07, 2022 @04:00PM (#30593258)

Pretty sure it is Mark Zbikowski.

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Re:Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code by IncRnd on Monday March 07, 2022 @06:30PM (#30594722)

I believe that, too. However, for something like a zip file, I KNOW that the PK in the header stands for Phil Katz.

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Re:Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code by colejohnson66 on Monday March 07, 2022 @04:32PM (#30593583)

To be fair, he did design the file format

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Re:Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code by Wistar on Monday March 07, 2022 @11:23AM (#30589684)

Greg Whitten. I don't know the answer.

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Re:Microsoft GW-Basic Interpreter Source Code by pauldavis on Monday March 07, 2022 @03:59PM (#30593254)

Whoops, yeah.

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