Several people wonder
why this was a comp. group while BASIC is still an alt. group.
The simplest reason is (a) a mailing list existed for Pop, and was becoming
unmanagable due to bulk; this is an accepted reason for making a newsgroup; (b)
there is, by and large, only one dialect of Pop, all right, two, OK, several,
if you count the older versions; rather than very very many dialects of Basic;
(c) we had a CFD, a CFV, and enough Vs, to make a comp group. Lots of interest
in Pop comes from UK universities and companies and, strange as it might
appear, not all of these are going to get the alt groups.
[The main dialects of Pop are the Poplog version and AlphaPop. Steve will
probably Utter Words about the Pop9X Standard. If anyone gives me an opening to
discuss Pepper, rest assured I will take it.]
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Regards, | "Layered protocols give the software implementor a chance to
Kers. | ruin his performance in each layer." - Don Gillies
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