Quote: "Besides, consider what the 'B' stands for in the acronym:
Beginners
All Purpose
Symbolic
Instruction
Code"
Just as a bit of random knowledge. The company I work for does a basic compiler as part of its product base. And you may be surprised that before the local governments in the UK started splurging out loads of money on computer systems that do not work, they mostly run (And quite a few still do) on basic code. A few years back (In my youth) I wrote part of an A&E system that was written in
Pick Data Basic. And it happened to be the only system in the country at the time that could return the government information automatically without the need to add things up manually. And today quite a few world banks run on Basic code at the heart of their systems (And no it's not the cause of the worlds financial problems before the first wise crack, that lies in the hands of humans).
I've never said that C/C++/C# are bad languages, I have to use all 3 on a day to day basis (And yes I use a "Pick" style Basic and VB.net too).
Quote: "But as I said, let's not make this a language war, k?"
The only reason I followed that message up was to do with the dodgy "Facts" being presented
Jas
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"What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not'release' software. It escapes leaving a bloody trail of developers and quality assurance people in its wake!"