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    25-Jul-90  04:19:23
Sb: #5400-Is Basic out of date?
Fm: MOTD Editor..Bill Brady 70126,267
To: Mike Knudsen 72467,1111

Basic09 don't have a VARPTR. (It does have (ADDR(var)). I haven't used a poke
or a peek in years. The main problems I see with C is the proliferation of
libraries, lack of (often) useable interfaces to drivers, and low
maintainability factors.