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- From: "Terje A. Bergesen" <terje@mail.inett.no>
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.lang.pascal.delphi.misc,comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
- Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 17:52:14 +0100
- Organization: Bergesen Data
- Message-ID: <310CFB3E.114B@mail.inett.no>
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- Jens Balchen Jr. wrote:
- >
- > ay@warpsoft.com (Albert Yarusso) decided to share with us the
- > infinite reservoirs of wisdom:
- >
- > >Uhh, because it _is_ BASIC?? Just as Visual C++ is C++!
- >
- > You missed my point - Visual Basic isn't BASIC. It is based on
- > the Basic language, but no more. It's like saying Delphi is
- > Pascal, which is not true.
-
- Oh yes, VB is still BASIC. It has evolved some (or A LOT in fact),
- but it is still BASIC. It has funtctions and stuff but it is still
- basic. It is not even the best BASIC out there.
-
- And why on earth they STILL have it interpreted is beyond me...
- It is not that easy to create a multithreaded program in an interpreted
- language. Well, OK, not *that* difficult maybe, but still probably
- *way* beyond the capabilities of MS.
-
-
-
- ---Terje
-