The reason I recommend QB64 is the fact that it is compiled to "native code", not byte-code or another intermediary. It's absolutely not an "interpreted on the fly" kind of thing, which is what plagued so many of the older versions of BASIC. So the executables really ARE executables. Hence the speed is actually very, very fast.
As for the rest, I have other reasons for recommending it for much more than classic platforms. Some I have elaborated on in the article, some I have not.
Small correction Bill,
The reason I recommend QB64 is the fact that it is compiled to "native code", not byte-code or another intermediary. It's absolutely not an "interpreted on the fly" kind of thing, which is what plagued so many of the older versions of BASIC. So the executables really ARE executables. Hence the speed is actually very, very fast.
As for the rest, I have other reasons for recommending it for much more than classic platforms. Some I have elaborated on in the article, some I have not.