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  1. Path: canterbury.ac.nz!cantva!misc1870
  2. From: TCM <misc1870@csc.canterbury.ac.nz> (The Cookie Monster [Glenn Fisher])
  3. Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,rec.games.programmer,alt.msdos.programmer,comp.programming
  4. Subject: Re: Young programmers read me.
  5. Date: 15 Apr 96 17:51:53 +1200
  6. Organization: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
  7. Message-ID: <1996Apr15.175153@cantva>
  8. References: <4icpp9$7hr@barad-dur.nas.com> <4imqe4$cj3@ping1.ping.be> <1996Mar23.224853.116513@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <4j52hn$ikb@news.ios.com> <Pine.OSF.3.91.960403112207.17337H-100000@bud.cc.swin.edu.au> <3164622D.6BC8982@dark.mountain.stronghold> <316c5a22.3709689@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <316ED9BC.4164E434@dark.mountain.stronghold>
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  11. In article <316ED9BC.4164E434@dark.mountain.stronghold>, "Mr. Wizard" <madscientist@dark.mountain.stronghold> writes:
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  13. >> >Definitely not. For example, PowerBasic is a full-featured
  14. >> >programming language. It can be used to write "real" applications.
  15. >> >
  16. >> Don't know about PowerBasic, but Visual Basic is a piece of shit.
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  18. > 
  19. > Yes, I agree VB is shit, but PowerBasic is quite different.
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  21. Yep, If PowerBASIC could do a flat memory model (I know it's in the works), I
  22. would still be using BASIC, I think it's compareable to any 16bit C compiler.
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