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    05-Jul-90  19:24:23
Sb: #4906-#Is Basic out of date?
Fm: Dan Robins 73007,2473
To: Jim Williams 72157,3524 (X)

Jim,
   Nope. I disagree. Basic (an easier language other than Pascal, C, etc.)
whether it is Basic09, IBM's GWBASIC, etc...will be around as long as there are
people who are in the beginning stage of programming (and as mentioned earlier,
who are proficient in Basic, and can write a quick utility in it).
   It's just too darn easy to write understandable english words (like CIRCLE,
or LINE, etc.) and give it co-ordinates when you're using your computer for the
first several months, than to figure out why your C program crashes because you
used a pointer when you shouldn't have, or forgot to declare some variables in
Pascal.
    Dan

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