Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 v7 ucbtopaz-1.8; site ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!genrad!decvax!ucbvax!ucbtopaz!mwm From: mwm@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: basic for UNIX? Message-ID: <706@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> Date: Tue, 5-Feb-85 10:34:30 EST Article-I.D.: ucbtopaz.706 Posted: Tue Feb 5 10:34:30 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Feb-85 08:50:42 EST References: <7873@brl-tgr.ARPA> Reply-To: mwm@ucbtopaz.UUCP (Praiser of Bob) Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica Lines: 14 Summary: In article <7873@brl-tgr.ARPA> Earl Weaver (VLD/ATB)writes: >Right on! I've found that usually when people sneer at a language they are >broadcasting their ingnorance. BASIC, of course, is an exception. It ranks just below any reasonable assembly language and just above a poor programmable calculator as a tool for problem solving. For a detailed list of problems, just ask. Better yet, tell me what you think it's good for, and I'll tell you why LISP is better. Should you be crazy enough to want BASIC for Unix, you can get one or two from kolstad@convex.UUCP by sending him a tape. I'd give you copies, but that would violate the license I signed.