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Hello Jean - 

CA>> Yes, the C64 BASIC was widely used for many things. 

JP> You are aware that Commodore was a Canadian company ?
JP> Started in Toronto as a cash register manufacturer. I still
JP> have a filing cabinet with the bic C= on it. That is all
JP> that I have left with that logo. 

If I was ever told I had forgotten. I live within 10-20 minutes
of Canada via either the tunnel or the bridge. Oulette is the
continuation of Detroit's Woodward (to me) on the other side of
the Detroit river. I've not been encouraged to think of Canada
as any less than the USA and see no reason for any company to
_not_ be Canadian. :-) 

CA>> It is logical. Sad thing is Microsoft did a poor job
CA>> marketing their full sized BASIC compiler. I'm not
CA>> referring to QuickBASIC here I mean the REAL BASIC
CA>> compiler. 

JP> You should see my daughter's fingers when she does net
JP> sites for clients. She uses a compiler that is very fast
JP> and her system is not that performing, 333 MHz. You can not
JP> see her fingers. ;-) I think she uses CC+ (?). 

You daughter does websites too? Neat. My #3 daughter does that
for a living (www.undercoverdesign.com is her company). 

I have a friend who co-authored TAG BBS software who has long
fingers like the actor who did the first B&W "Invisible Man"
movie. He does not curl his fingers when he types but keeps his
hands straight. He would type for a few seconds at the computer
then turn and speak with me while the computer tried to catch
up to him. His fingers were a blurr when typing. Almost a
distraction to watch and have a conversation. He became one of
the lead programmers at Oracle and is now a consultant. 

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