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From: wfh58@leah.Albany.Edu (William F. Hammond)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AmigaBasic
Summary: Don't forget ARexx
Message-ID: <3169@leah.Albany.Edu>
Date: 14 Jun 90 18:45:42 GMT
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Reply-To: wfh58@leah.albany.edu.UUCP (William F. Hammond)
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In article <1990Jun14.054606.564@midway.uchicago.edu> arxt@tank.uchicago.edu (patrick  palmer) writes:
> ...
> > > > Hopefully, Commodore will continue to upgrade AmigaBASIC.
> ...
>For better or for worse, school children learn Logowriter, Basic, and
>(for the AP computer science test), Pascal.  It seems to me necessary
>to have available versions of these languages if one wants to make any
>dent in the family computer market.  ...
>
There's a difference between what is bundled and what is available.
(At least we have a bundled multi-tasking operating system that nobody
in his right mind wants to overlay.)

For most purposes I think that ARexx is a superior alternative to
AmigaBasic.  I understand that AmigaBasic, as well as third party
compilable versions of Basic will be available.  There is also at least
one third party version of Pascal available.

In fact, just about anything of *educational* merit is available for
the Amiga, much of it for free.  (Well, this doesn't always hit me in the
face when I visit the stores.)

>
>Pat Palmer (email: reply or ppalmer@oddjob.uchicago.edu)

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William F. Hammond                   Dept. of Mathematics & Statistics
518-442-4625                         SUNYA, Albany, NY 12222
wfh58@leah.albany.edu                wfh58@albnyvms.bitnet
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