Run code without compiler

[phil 9.0]

Bas code has to be compiled to run. It runs through a conversion process to C and the exe made from that.

I haven't looked at that menu carefully for ages, I can see why you might think QB64pe is still an Interpreter from that but it's not. I have no idea why it would say No exe, that's silly. The first thing it says below is "Creating EXE file..." when you choose that option, crazy!

Qb64 has been compiled since day 1 of it's existence independent of DOS.

So welcome to the forum, anything else we can't help you with

BTW I am not liking the slow typing of my code and the double click needed of an already selected item of version 3.14.1 it's very distracting, we are going backwards in progress.

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Welcome. @ phil9.0
I'm version 1.1 of the Phil species (dinosaur age)!
Yes, that menu option is confusing; I fiddled with it for a while then shelved it, and never felt the need to get it sorted. Other options cover everything I need to produce meaningful (to me, anyway) progs easily and quickly.
Incidentally, I wonder should we call version 3.14.1 the Pi version ? 
Have fun with it!

Thanks 

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Finally a youngster on the boards. I'm almost not kidding. A lot of us here are from the QBasic generation, AKA QJurassic Age. I have to admit I never thought I'd be happy with a system without an interpreter to test code without compiling it first, but I got used to leaving that behind years ago. As bplus mentioned, the first compilation takes a much longer time than subsequent compilations. After the initial one, any edits to your code will get compiled pretty fast. Now you may miss stepping through the code, but if you look at the F4 debug option, there are some tools there to do just that.

Welcome, and feel free to post any code, or ask any code related questions. Most of us are veteran coders but we are happy to help. Remember there are no such things as stupid questions, only stupid people... and Clippy isn't here anymore so that solves that.

Pete

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