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02/05/07 16:10
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 		 #132052 - The trouble with "BASIC"
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Erik Malund said:
Were you to write a program that was to be sold in 1,000,000 copies, BASIC would, most likely, be a terrible choice.

The trouble is, what does "BASIC" mean in that context?

There's a lot of PC stuff written in Visual BASIC but, beyond the name, that bears virtually no resemblance whatsoever to the 1963 "BASIC" from Dartmouth College. It's probably nothing like any "BASIC" available for the 8051, either!

See: http://www.8052.com/forum/read.phtml?id=132006


List of 64 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
C or Basic Programming Language            01/01/70 00:00      
   well neither one is better......            01/01/70 00:00      
      BASIC            01/01/70 00:00      
         Beginner's All-Purpose Instruction(al) Code            01/01/70 00:00      
            Oops            01/01/70 00:00      
         Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code            01/01/70 00:00      
         BASIC over C, but only just...            01/01/70 00:00      
            BASIC - the competition?            01/01/70 00:00      
               You may be right and you may also be wrong            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Anachronism?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Possible but unintended :-)            01/01/70 00:00      
         I tend to recall having heard            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yeh, That sounds like...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Wikipedia knows everything            01/01/70 00:00      
   C or others            01/01/70 00:00      
      Not true            01/01/70 00:00      
   both, or none            01/01/70 00:00      
   There are only 3 reasons to choose 'C'            01/01/70 00:00      
      Top reason            01/01/70 00:00      
         is that support, too?            01/01/70 00:00      
            or            01/01/70 00:00      
   What is BASIC?            01/01/70 00:00      
      is this why you choose a languge?            01/01/70 00:00      
         C vs BASIC            01/01/70 00:00      
            + or -?            01/01/70 00:00      
         Just wait...            01/01/70 00:00      
      BASIC            01/01/70 00:00      
   neither            01/01/70 00:00      
      The trouble with "BASIC"            01/01/70 00:00      
         'modern' BASIC is a truly horrible thingy.            01/01/70 00:00      
         tool            01/01/70 00:00      
         Portability            01/01/70 00:00      
            In Basic            01/01/70 00:00      
            if you don't have the time, why bother?            01/01/70 00:00      
   QBasic example. GPS NEMA checksum            01/01/70 00:00      
      a variant..            01/01/70 00:00      
      C            01/01/70 00:00      
         Andy Neil c GPS checksum buggy            01/01/70 00:00      
            minor problem            01/01/70 00:00      
               No longer the same as the BASIC            01/01/70 00:00      
                  correct            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Intersting on-topic point            01/01/70 00:00      
            Yes, probably - but not the point            01/01/70 00:00      
               The point is yours didn't work!            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Totally irrelevant            01/01/70 00:00      
            why the friggin capiltals            01/01/70 00:00      
            OK            01/01/70 00:00      
               he suckered you into it, didn't he            01/01/70 00:00      
                  benefit            01/01/70 00:00      
                     do you have any use for that knowledge?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Benefit to nobody            01/01/70 00:00      
                           NMEA checksum OK. All is not lost            01/01/70 00:00      
                              Ironic, really!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 Your errors were much more serious!            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    Fit for purpose            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       What's the point of this thread?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          so who is beating the carcass?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          So now it's your turn            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             Poor poor Andy. Just can't keep quite            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                if you think so            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                Andy can't keep quite what?            01/01/70 00:00      
                                                   quite quiet...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Thanks for correcting the c example            01/01/70 00:00      
                  it is in this context            01/01/70 00:00      

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