Re: looking for QuickBASIC decompiler

tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams)
22 Dec 1995 00:16:36 -0500

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From: tgm@netcom.com (Thomas G. McWilliams)
Newsgroups: comp.compilers
Date: 22 Dec 1995 00:16:36 -0500
Organization: Jot-Em Down Store and Library
References: 95-12-096 95-12-114
Keywords: Basic

Scott Nicol (scott@infoadv.mn.org) wrote:
: You might not need an x86 decompiler to decompile QuickBASIC. A "trick"
: often used to compile "interpreted" languages is to create an executable
: that consists of:


: - the runtime portion of the interpreter
: - an internal representation of the source code
: - a loader that reads in the internal represenation and
: fires up the runtime


It is my understanding that MS QuickBASIC was built over a Forth
engine. Maybe some Forth gurus could suggest ways to unthread it.


tgm@netcom.com
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