Tested my port with QB64 and it compiles fine. I was surprised for some reason. The executable is much larger than with FreeBasic. If you use the $CONSOLE:ONLY compiler option at the top of the program it becomes smaller but still much larger than the FreeBasic executable. With this option it behaves more like the Freebasic version where you can increase the font to something sensible. I assume that little default console is to support some graphic commands.
The only difference I see in the execution, from FreeBasic is when it gets to the Randomize command…it asks “Random-number seed (-32768 to 32767)?”
I read something that said even though QB64 executables are larger they are faster than the Freebasic executable. I’d like to test that sometimes. True or not…IDK. I know there is a small but noticeable lag when you start the QB64 version as opposed to the Freebasic executable.
I also don’t like working it their funky MSDOS era editor. What is this…1985?
Maybe the best feature of QB64 would have to be about their recently added interactive debugger. I also find the QB64 team passionate with their Twitter and YouTube presence.
I googled about the large executable sizes and found a lot of comments/excuses about size not mattering today. Just don’t you worry your pretty little head about such matters. Alrighty then!