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- business-basic -- Answers to Frequently Asked Questions - Version 1.10
-
- Last updated: February 17, 1997
-
- Copyright (C) 1997 Association of Business Basic Professionals
- This file may be freely copied and redistributed. All we ask is
- that it remains whole and intact and that this notice is not
- altered.
-
- Maintainer: Gary D. McClellan (gary@gdma.com)
-
- ==============================================================================
-
- This file (bb.faq) is intended to provide answers to certain
- questions that come up regularly on the business-basic mailing list.
- People who are new to the mailing list are encouraged to read this
- document before posting questions to the mailing list.
-
- This FAQ has been created by me (Gary McClellan) in accordance with
- the prevailing traditions and customs of the Internet, which place
- high value on the free dissemination and exchange of information.
- It was not created by any Business Basic vendor and no Business
- Basic vendor sponsors or supports it in any way, although individual
- employees of each Business Basic vendor do support my efforts (as
- individuals) and contribute information.
-
- This is a living document. It exists because of the contributions
- of many people in the Business Basic user community and the Internet
- at large. If you have a question that you think should be here,
- please let me know. It's nice if you can provide the answer as
- well, but that is not a requirement. I will do my best to update
- this FAQ regularly, but in all honesty I am more strongly motivated
- to do so when I receive support and encouragement from others in the
- Business Basic user community.
-
- Please note that the information presented here is not guaranteed to
- be free from errors. If you find any, please let me know and I will
- fix them. Also please note that E-mail addresses and URL's are not
- guaranteed to work forever and may not be accessible from your
- particular site. For the sake of consistency all addresses are
- given in URL format.
-
- ==============================================================================
-
- This FAQ is currently available at the following FTP sites:
-
- Our site - always guaranteed to have the latest version:
-
- ftp://ftp.bbpro.org/pub/bb.faq
-
- Other sites are welcome to mirror this FAQ. All I ask is that you
- let me know who you are so that I can keep you informed of any
- updates.
-
- This FAQ is also available to subscribers of the business-basic
- mailing list (if you aren't a subscriber to the business-basic
- mailing list, see subscription details below). Subscribers can
- retrieve the latest version of this document, send E-mail to
- majordomo@bbpro.org with a message body of
-
- get business-basic bb.faq
-
- ==============================================================================
-
- Table of Contents
- ========
- 1. What is the purpose of business-basic@bbpro.org
- 2. What sort of stuff should I post to this mailing list?
- 3. What sort of stuff should I NOT post to this mailing list?
- 4. What is Business Basic?
- 5. What about Wang Basic?
- 6. Who uses Business Basic?
- 7. Isn't an interpreted language slower than a compiled language?
- 8. Where can I get Business Basic?
- 9. What operating systems have Business Basic available?
- 10. Are there any freeware/shareware compilers/interpreters
- available via the Internet?
- 11. Besides the business-basic mailing list, are any Business Basic
- resources (Libraries, example code, product support) available
- via the Internet?
- 12. Do any USENET newsgroups exist for Business Basic developers?
- 13. What other online resources exist for Business Basic
- developers?
- 14. Are there any publications available for Business Basic
- programmers?
- 15. Are there any users groups for Business Basic developers?
- 16. Who contributed to this document?
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 1. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- What is the purpose of business-basic@bbpro.org?
-
- 1. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Anything and everything related to Business Basic.
-
- o Discussions on keeping code portable between the various flavors
- of Business Basic, including whether it's worth trying to do so.
-
- o Discussions on the strengths and weaknesses of each product.
- Keeping informed as to what each vendor is doing with their
- products.
-
- o Discussions on accounting add-ons written for Business Basic
- packages.
-
- o Discussions on Business Basic standards. Possibly some grass
- roots activities by Business Basic users to get the Business Basic
- vendors to talk to each other and set some standards. I've even
- heard of one company that might release a Business Basic compiler
- to the public domain for "group enhancement" ala the Linux
- project.
-
- And, because the mailing list is not sponsored by any of the
- principals *and* it is not moderated, we expect (and hope) to see
- some no-holds-barred discussions flaming or praising the companies
- as appropriate. (Of course, abusers will be barred from the mailing
- list).
-
- Ideally, it's a public forum for advancing and improving Business
- Basic as a tool, our skills as Business Basic developers and keeping
- our investment in Business Basic technology solid.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 2. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- What sort of stuff should I post to this mailing list?
-
- 2. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Anything related, in any fashion, to Business Basic is permitted.
- However, the usefulness of the mailing list is diminished by
- repeated postings of a sales nature.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 3. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- What sort of stuff should I NOT post to this mailing list?
-
- 3. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Anything NOT related to Business Basic. However, the Business Basic
- community is a tight-knit group - we all love a good joke or story
- now and then.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 4. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- What is Business Basic?
-
- 4. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Business Basic is an interactive programming language developed for
- minicomputer systems in the early 1970s. Derived from the original
- Dartmouth Basic, Business Basic extended the language concepts by
- introducing file indexing methods which evolved into true keyed
- access technology similar to those methods available to COBOL
- programmers.
-
- Because of its interactive nature, Business Basic affords runtime
- event trapping capabilities, though the character-based systems did
- not permit the wide range of events that modern graphical
- environments do. Business Basic interpreters also offer extensive
- diagnostic capabilities, permitting developers to resolve live
- problems through telephone support without constantly having to ship
- updates. The interpretive nature of Business Basic also enhances
- development efforts through permitting quick testing and debugging
- of code. There are two primary "groups" or "families" of Business
- Basic programming language.
-
- The MAI Basic Four Business Basic is the oldest version of the
- language, and there have been numerous competitors over the years
- who have duplicated and enhanced the rich MAI language. MAI Basic
- Four (now known as MAI Systems Corp.) continues to add features to
- its own language.
-
- The Data General Business Basic is the second most well-known
- Business Basic. Originally very similar to the MAI language, DG
- Business Basic and its competitors' derivatives have evolved into a
- very different style of Business Basic.
-
- Other Business Basics have risen from the Point 4 systems running
- under IRIS.
-
- In the 1980s, Business Basic was ported from proprietary
- environments to Unix, Xenix, VMS, and DOS by many vendors, including
- Thoroughbred, BASIS International, Microshare, Sybex/BBIcon
- (Canada), and Transoft (UK), to name just a few.
-
- Although Business Basic started out as a proprietary language
- offered only by minicomputer vendors, each with its own variation,
- all modern Business Basics have been ported to numerous operating
- systems, and Unix is the most popular platform of choice among
- Business Basic vendors. But DOS networks run a close second in
- providing platforms for Business Basic applications, and it is
- usually a simple matter to port a Business Basic application from
- one operating system to another, usually requiring only the purchase
- of a new interpreter. Some Business Basics are now graphical
- programming languages, and others are moving forward into the
- graphical environments. Several of the Business Basic vendors have
- also offered 4GL tools which work with their customers' more
- traditional Business Basic applications. Some vendors are providing
- links to other file systems, such as Informix C-ISAM and ODBC.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 5. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- What about Wang Basic?
-
- 5. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- WANG 2200 BASIC-2
-
- Interpretive BASIC-2 was designed for the WANG family of 2200
- processors, which in the time span of 1972 to 1992, evolved from a
- single user processor to a multiuser, multi-partition proprietary
- MVP System. The operating system divided the resources of the
- computer (i.e., memory, peripherals and CPU time) among the users.
- Memory in the system was divided into a number of sections called
- partitions, each of which held a separate BASIC-2 program.
- Workstations were assigned a partition or partitions and the
- allocated time to each partition was called "time-slicing." Each
- partition/user used the system in turn. The important points in
- history to remember is for years (1978-1987) the system was limited
- to 16 partitions and a maximum partition size of 56KB. Typical size
- was 32KB.
-
- During it's lifetime, over 70,000 systems were sold worldwide. A
- typical installation was 4-8 users and usually on some form of
- accounting application. The largest number of vertical systems were
- sold by two major organizations, both still in business today but
- under different company names. One of the largest vertical market
- was Insurance Agencies and the Vendor was Redshaw. It is alleged
- that Redshaw sold over 2,500 systems. The largest generalist was
- TOM, the Office Manager. The product, an application development
- package, was SPEED 1. Today there are still over 9,000 SPEED 1 or
- their new product FourD users installed, being serviced by over 125
- Dealers.
-
- Today, Redshaw is owned by Delphi and TOM is owned by NSG (Northwest
- Source Group), and both are in the process of converting these users
- to run on mainly INTEL platforms, using the KCML BASIC-2 compiler
- that allows 2200 applications to run on most any open
- system/platform. They are also in the process of selling their
- applications to new users as either WINDOWS or UNIX applications.
-
- Today's BASIC-2 market is a combination of 2200 users and BASIC-2
- users that have migrated to new platforms, on modern day BASIC-2
- compilers like KCML and NIAKWA. It is estimated there are over 500
- dealers (VARs & ISVs) worldwide servicing the 100,000+ BASIC-2 users
- and selling new users every day.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 6. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Who uses Business Basic?
-
- 6. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Some of the most popular small business accounting systems are
- written in Business Basic, and many Business Basic application OEM's
- offer their products through dealer networks around the world. The
- vast majority of Business Basic users don't even know the software
- running on their machines is written in Business Basic.
-
- Although there are no hard figures available, it has been estimated
- that more than 2,000,000 computer systems around the world presently
- use Business Basic applications, often in conjunction with other
- applications. The vast majority of these installations are PCs, but
- minicomputers continue to be widely used, and the upper-end PCs,
- such as Intel's 486 and Pentium systems and Motorola's 68040 series,
- are being used to replace older minicomputers, often with greater
- performance.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 7. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- Isn't an interpreted language slower than a compiled language?
-
- 7. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Business Basic interpreters are usually highly optimized, and the
- programs are compiled into tokenized formats, much like many fourth
- generation languages are compiled into P-code. The more powerful
- Business Basic interpreters will perform complex operations for
- certain verbs. Screen I/O, for instance, is usually handled through
- use of "mnemonic" codes which tell the interpreters to position the
- cursor, turn attributes on and off, or to clear portions of the
- screen.
-
- Other types of I/O are also usually highly optimized in Business
- Basic. Because Business Basic applications make extensive use of
- keyed file structures, it is not uncommon for applications to
- retrieve requested data in milliseconds, even from large databases
- containing millions of records.
-
- The file indexing schemes of modern Business Basics include
- multi-keyed files, which require approximately half the time to
- retrieve data based on secondary indexes compared to file systems
- which maintain external secondary indexes.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 8. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Where can I get Business Basic?
-
- 8. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- ===================================================================
- MAI-Compatible Business Basics still in production:
-
- AlphaBasic
-
- Alpha Microsystems
- P.O. Box 25059
- Santa Ana, CA 92799-5099
- Phone: (714) 957-8500
- Fax: (714) 957-8705
-
- BBxPROGRESSION/4, Visual PRO/5, PRO/5
-
- BASIS International Ltd. Scandinavian Distributor:
- 5901 Jefferson NE Basic Systems AB
- Albuquerque, NM 87109 Violvagen 24
- Phone: (505) 345-5232 142 65 Trangsund
- Fax: (505) 345-5082 Phone: 08-605 98 30
- Internet: (Sales) sales@basis.com Fax: 08-605 83 20
- (Support) support@basis.com Internet: sven.nutzmann@basicsys.se
-
- MicroShare Basic
-
- MicroShare Corporation
- 21820 Beallsville Road
- P.O. Box 69
- Barnesville, MD 20838
- Phone: (301) 972-7473
- Fax: (301) 349-2833
- Internet: microsha@microsharebasic.com
-
- OpenBasic
-
- MAI US Distributor:
- 9600 Jeronimo Road MidWare Technologies, Inc.
- Irvine, CA 92718 599 Canal Street
- USA Lawrence, MA 01840
- USA
- Sales: (800) 669-4624 Phone: (508) 682-8100
- Service: (800) 950-1911 Fax: (508) 682-9785
- Internet: sales@mbf.com Internet: (Sales) gene1177@aol.com
- Internet: (Support) support@midware.com
-
- PLUTO Business Basic
-
- Southwest Data Systems
- Phone: (805) 579-8998
- Fax: (805) 579-8190
- Internet: pluto@businessbasic.com
-
- ProvideX
-
- Sybex Ltd./BBIcon European Distributor:
- Suite 204 EDIAS Software International
- 8920 Woodbine Ave. HessenStraâ–€e 21
- Markham, Ontario D-65719 Hofheim am Taunus
- Canada L3R 9W9 GERMANY
- Phone: (905) 470-1025 Phone: 0 61 22-80 04-0
- Fax: (905) 470-9349 Fax: 0 61 22-1 65 05
- Internet: greg@bbicon.com Internet: (Sales) sales@edias.com
- Internet: (Support) support@edias.com
-
- US Distributors:
- EDIAS Software International MidWare Technologies, Inc.
- 3141 Montana Drive 599 Canal Street
- Prescott, AZ 86301-4630 Lawrence, MA 01840
- USA USA
- Phone: (520) 771-2878 Phone: (508) 682-8100
- Fax: (520) 771-2105 Fax: (508) 682-9785
- Internet: (Sales) sales@edias.com Internet: (Sales) gene1177@aol.com
- Internet: (Support) support@edias.com Internet: (Support) support@midware.com
-
- SMBasic
-
- Yermac Data Systems
-
- Sybex Business Basic/JCOS
-
- JONAS Systems
-
- Thoroughbred Basic
-
- Thoroughbred Corporation
- 19 Schoolhouse Road
- Somerset, NJ 08875-6712
- Phone: (800) 524-0430
- (908) 560-1377
- Fax: (908) 805-9156
- Internet: 74431.3574@compuserve.com
-
- X/TEND Business Basic for AS/400
-
- Southwest Data Systems
- Phone: (805) 579-8998
- Fax: (805) 579-8190
- Internet: XTEND@businessbasic.com
-
- ===================================================================
- Data General Business Basics still in production:
-
- Universal Business Basic (UBB, U/BL, B32)
-
- Transoft, Inc. Transoft Ltd.
- 1899 Powers Ferry Road SE Nash House
- Suite 420 Datchet Road
- Atlanta, GA 30339 Slough, SL3 7LR, ENGLAND
- Phone: (770) 933-1965 Phone: +44 1753 692332
- Fax: (770) 933-3464 Fax: +44 1753 694251
- Internet: SLayne@transoft.com
-
- SM-32
-
- Yermac Data Systems
-
- ===================================================================
- Point 4 IRIS Business Basics still in production:
-
- UniBasic
-
- Dynamic Concepts, Inc.
- One Columbia
- Suite 100
- Aliso Veijo, CA 92656
- Phone: (714) 448-8600
- Fax: (714) 448-5234
- Internet: sales@dynamic.com
-
- ===================================================================
- Wang Basics still in production:
-
- KCML
-
- Kerridge Computer Company Ltd. North American Distributor:
- Northcroft Lane MidWare Technologies, Inc.
- Newbury 599 Canal Street
- Bershire Lawrence, MA 01840
- RG13 1HT USA
- United Kingdom Phone: (508) 682-8100
- Phone: +44 1 635 523456 Fax: (508) 682-9785
- Fax: +44 1 635 30300 Internet: (Sales) gene1177@aol.com
- Internet: dsp@kcc.co.uk Internet: (Support) support@midware.com
-
- NIAKWA
-
- ===================================================================
- Other Business Basics still in production:
-
- THEOS Basic
-
- THEOS Software Corportation
- 1777 Botelho Drive, Suite 110
- Walnut Creek, CA 94596-5022
- Phone: (510) 935-1118
- Fax: (510) 935-1177
- BBS: (510) 935-8520
- Internet: info@theos-software.com
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 9. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~
- What operating systems have Business Basic available?
-
- 9. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Business Basic OS -> DOS Windows Win95 WinNT OS/2 UNIX VMS AS400
- ================ === ======= ===== ===== ==== ==== === =====
- BASIS' PRO/5 XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
- BASIS BBxPROGRESSION/4 XXX XXX XXX
- MicroShare XXX XXX XXX XXX
- MAI OpenBasic XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
- PLUTO Business Basic XXX XXX
- BBIcon ProvideX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
- Thoroughbred XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
- Transoft U/BL XXX XXX
- UniBasic XXX
- KCML XXX XXX XXX XXX XXX
- NIAKWA XXX
- THEOS Basic Proprietary Operating System (THEOS-32)
- X/TEND Business Basic ** XXX
-
- ** X/TEND allows BBx, T-Bred, MAI, PLUTO and Prime BP-99 basic to run on
- the AS/400. You still program in that "flavor" of Basic even though you
- are running in the X/TEND environment.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- 10. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Are there any freeware/shareware compilers/interpreters available?
-
- 10. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Yes. The developers of base-4, a new compiled Business Basic, have offered to
- make their Business Basic compiler available for free. More details at
- http://www.two-to-one.com/base4.
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 11. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Besides the business-basic mailing list, are there any Business
- Basic resources (Libraries, example code, product support) available
- via the Internet?
-
- 11. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- The following resources are also available via the Internet.
-
- World Wide Web
- The Business Basic Page (http://www.bbpro.org)
- Alpha Microsystems (http://www.alphamicro.com)
- Alpha Micro Users Society (http://www.indra.com/~amus/)
- BASIS International (http://www.basis.com)
- Basic Systems AB (http://www.basicsys.se)
- BBIcon Ltd. (Sybex Ltd.) (http://www.bbicon.com)
- Dynamic Concepts (http://www.dynamic.com)
- EDIAS Software International (http://www.edias.com)
- MAI Systems Corp. (http://www.maisystems.com)
- MicroShare (http://www.microsharebasic.com)
- Midware Technologies (http://www.midware.com)
- THEOS Software (http://www.theos-software.com)
- Thoroughbred Software International (http://www.tbred.com)
- Transoft Inc. (http://www.seihq.com/ts-ubl.html)
- Two-to-One Inc. (http://www.two-to-one.com)
-
- Mailing Lists
-
- A Web-based interface to all of the mailing lists described below
- is available at The Business Basic Page at
- (http://www.bbpro.org/cgi-bin/bbgate).
-
- All of the Business Basic related mailing lists use majordomo as
- their mailing list engine. As such, the process for subscribing
- to each list is identical, with the exception of the list name
- and address for submitting subscription request.
-
- To subscribe to a majordomo managed list, send EMail to the address
- listed for each list with a message body of:
-
- subscribe listname
-
- As an example, to subscribe to the Business Basic list, you would
- send a message to majordomo@bbpro.org ('To' listed below) with a
- message body of 'subscribe business-basic'.
-
- All of the Business Basic related mailing lists also have digest
- versions available. To subscribe to the digest instead of the
- regular mailing list, simply append '-digest' to the listname.
-
- Subject To Listname
- ====================================================================
- Business Basic majordomo@bbpro.org business-basic
- BBx, PRO/5, Visual PRO/5, TAOS majordomo@basis.com bbx-list
- MAI, OpenBASIC, Basic Four majordomo@bbpro.org mai
- MicroShare Basic majordomo@bbpro.org mshare
- ProvideX, NOMADS, WindX majordomo@bbpro.org providex
- Thoroughbred, IDOL majordomo@bbpro.org tbred
-
-
- FTP Servers
- The Business Basic FTP Server (ftp.bbpro.org)
- BASIS International (ftp.basis.com)
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 12. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Do any USENET newsgroups exist for Business Basic programmers?
-
- 12. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- There is one USENET newsgroup which caters to Business Basic
- programmers
-
- alt.sys.alpha-micro - For discussions of Alpha Microsystems computers
-
- In addition to this newsgroup, some Business Basic programmers occasionally
- post articles to
-
- alt.lang.basic - For all non-Visual Basic languages
- comp.lang.basic.misc - For all non-Visual Basic languages (more
- active than alt.lang.basic)
- alt.computer.consultants Many Business Basic developers are also
- professional computer consultants with a
- wide range of operating system expertise
-
- There are also several private newsgroups available via The Business Basic
- Page's news server. To access these lists, set your news server as
- news.bbpro.org with a User ID of 'businessbasic' and a Password of
- 'gdma'. The newsgroups on this are:
-
- business-basic Generic Business Basic discussion
- business-basic/basis BASIS discussion
- business-basic/bbicon ProvideX discussion
- business-basic/mai MAI discussion
- business-basic/misc Other Business Basics
- business-basic/mshare MicroShare discussion
- business-basic/tbred Thoroughbred discussion
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 13. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- What other online resources exist for Business Basic developers?
-
- 13. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- The Business Basic community is very active on CompuServe.
- Presently, there are 9 forums available for Business Basic users and
- resellers:
-
- Business Basic Vendors
-
- GO BASIS BASIS International Ltd.
- GO MAI-6 MAI BasicFour
- GO PROVIDEX Section 20 is for Sybex Ltd./BBIcon
- GO TBRED Section 7 is for Thoroughbred
-
- Commercial Application Vendors
-
- GO ACCOUN Open Systems Accounting Software,
- ADD+ON Software
- Sections 14 and 16 (16 is private)
- GO SSI-4 FACTS Software (private access)
- GO PCVENC FileView, Sections 7 and 17 (17 is private)
- GO SOTA M*A*S 90 (private access)
-
- Data General Business Basic-compatible SIG:
-
- GO GENCOM Section 12
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 14. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Are there any publications available for Business Basic programmers?
-
- 14. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Yes. The following companies publish newsletters for the Business Basic
- community:
-
- BASIS International Ltd.
-
- THE ADVANTAGE, published quarterly
- Single subscriptions are $25.00 US per year
- Phone: (505) 345-5232 or
- (800) 423-1294
- E-mail: sales@basis.com
-
- Midware Technologies, Inc.
-
- THE BASIC TOO!-Report, published quarterly
- Single subscriptions are $25.00 US per year in the US
- $35.00 US per year outside the US
- Qualified US readers may receive free subscriptions
- Phone: (508) 682-8100
- E-mail: gene1177@aol.com
-
- Also, there is one book available for the MAI-derived side of the
- Business Basic family:
-
- "What Do You Do After It Says READY>"
- Author: Scott Ryan
- Available from: Business Basic Services
- 9831 N.E. Skidmore
- Maywood Park, OR 97220
- Phone: (503) 254-3349
- Internet: http://www.business-basic.com
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 15. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- 15. Are there any users groups for Business Basic developers?
-
- 15. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Alpha Micro Users Society (AMUS)
- http://www.indra.com/~amus/
- For membership information send email to the AMUS executive
- director, Jim Randazzo at amus@indra.com
-
- In addition to the Alpha Micro Users Society, we are aware of several
- other user groups but no one from those groups has contacted us regarding
- contact information for those groups.
-
- There are also a group of folks who are currently defining the
- structure and content for a professional organization for Business
- Basic programmers (tentatively named 'Association of Business Basic
- Professionals'). More information of this organization can be obtained
- from Gary McClellan (gary@gdma.com).
-
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- 16. QUESTION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Who contributed to this document?
-
- 16. ANSWER
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- Gary McClellan (gary@gdma.com)
- Michael Martinez (mmartin@basis.com)
- Chip Austin (72643.1536@compuserve.com)
- Clark Jeppesen (70751.1711@compuserve.com)
- Craig Dill (cdill@basis.com)
- Jim Douglas (jim_douglas@compuserve.com)
- Larry Hiscock (74140.1516@compuserve.com)
- Mike King (mike@bbicon.com)
- Russ Kepler (russ@kepler-eng.com)
- Terry Druckman (74032.22@compuserve.com)
- Gene Schulz (gene1177@aol.com)
- Ed Merrick (70242.1424@compuserve.com)
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