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Date:Mon Nov 14 00:34:25 1992 
Subject:Re: Ok, so pop *pop* may be a valid lang, but where's basic? 
From:Gregory Youngblood 
Volume-ID:921114.17 

tlhouse@nyx.cs.du.edu (fiver) writes:

> 
> Basic is where it belongs, in the alt., just like you said .. I don't know
> from pop, but I *DO* know Basic is pretty much garbage when compared to
> other GOOD languages .. (I'm talking just normal, everyday basic, none of
> these silly basic compilers that look more like Pascal than Basic to me)
> .. (come to think of it, they aren't much good either) .. is there any
> *serious* development being done in Basic anymore?  

I do know BASIC is used for some Windows applications now, and QuickBasic
is used by several places for specific programs.  In fact several ads looking
for BASIC programmers have been popping up in the local help wanted sections.

>                                                      Not really .. if so,
> I'd like to know where ..

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