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  2. From: tabitha@vms.huji.ac.il
  3. Newsgroups: alt.lang.basic
  4. Subject: Re: basic not a real language
  5. Message-ID: <1992Nov16.163240.725@vms.huji.ac.il>
  6. Date: 16 Nov 92 16:32:40 GMT
  7. Distribution: world
  8. Organization: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  9. Lines: 8
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  11. I couldn't agree more with the critics.  Basic is a retarded language
  12. for brain damaged and emotionally stunted people.  But we inferior
  13. races have a right to do things in our own backward way, don't we,
  14. struggling along with our very limited capacities.
  15.  
  16. Why do  you critics make fun of mental cripples like us?  Why aren't
  17. you spending your time creating killer apps with your real
  18. languages?
  19.