home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!wupost!usc!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!ogicse!das-news.harvard.edu!cantaloupe.srv.cs.cmu.edu!ralf
- From: ralf+@cs.cmu.edu (Ralf Brown)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: C++ vs Quick BASIC : HELP NEEDED
- Message-ID: <BuCBtq.1qM.2@cs.cmu.edu>
- Date: 10 Sep 92 02:20:13 GMT
- Article-I.D.: cs.BuCBtq.1qM.2
- References: <9209091743.AA01566@pms035.pms.ford.com> <BuBvAu.FAn@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Sender: news@cs.cmu.edu (Usenet News System)
- Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
- Lines: 17
- Nntp-Posting-Host: b.gp.cs.cmu.edu
-
- In article <BuBvAu.FAn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes:
- } I used to swear by Basic 7.1 -- It handled strings effortlessly,
- } *NO* developement environment is easier to use, it compiles faster
- } than C in the environment, Press F2 and a list of subroutines in
- } the program comes up, you pick the one you want, so you don't
- } have to scroll through code.
-
- You can do that in any language given a half-way decent programming editor.
- In almost any Emacs clone, the "tags" facility lets you jump directly to
- a function by name (and in most cases, you can even have the editor grab
- the name from the cursor position).
-
- --
- Internet: RALF+@CS.CMU.EDU |The University would disclaim this if it knew...
- FIDO: Ralf Brown 1:129/26.1 |
- BIT: RALF%CS.CMU.EDU@CARNEGIE|"Success has a simple formula: do your best,
- AT&Tnet: (412)268-3053 school| and people may like it." -- Sam Ewing
-