Subj : Re: Is BASIC to be regarded as less than reputable prog lang?
To   : Malvinas
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Jul 08 2024 09:39:44

  Re: Re: Is BASIC to be regarded as less than reputable prog lang?
  By: Malvinas to Nightfox on Sun Jul 07 2024 09:14 pm

 Ni>> (...)  BASIC stands for
 Ni>> Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code - "Beginner's" being the
 Ni>> key word.

 Ma> IIRC, when Borland bought it, they changed the "Basic" word to
 Ma> "Borland's"... and published a version accompanied by a compiler that
 Ma> could produce .exe files... I believe it was BASIC 4.7.

What is "it"?  Microsoft QBASIC?  Or some other BASIC compiler?

 Ma> you'll find amazing things done in BASIC and in other "languages" aswel,
 Ma> like "an .mp3 player in .bat batch file format"... crazy things like that,

I'm not quite sure I understand..  Is "an .mp3 player in .bat batch file format" the name of the software?  Also, batch language is not BASIC.

Nightfox
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