Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!fox!portal!cup.portal.com!Bob_BobR_Retelle From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: FLAMES and SUPPORT IN THE MINUS REALM Message-ID: <24958@cup.portal.com> Date: 13 Dec 89 06:02:17 GMT References: <2352@pkmab.se> <1830@atari.UUCP> <2370@pkmab.se> <1854@atari.UUCP> <874@lzaz.ATT.COM> <1864@atari.UUCP> <2369@cuphub.cup.edu> <6983@chaph.usc.edu> Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 10 Just one question in this discussion... If Atari has such a low opinion of the "end users" who buy their machines, and can assume that 90% of them only want to run programs, not write them, why has Atari traditionally supplied a *programming language* with the computers..? In fact, my ST came with *two* programming languages... BobR