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From: jeroen_pluimers@f521.n281.z2.hippo.dfv.rwth-aachen.de (Jeroen Pluimers)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: ap, Windows BASIC
Message-ID: <677709485@f521.n281.z2.fidonet.org>
Date: 23 Jun 91 15:35:00 GMT
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Comment-To: Roger_Heflin@f1.n6000.z2.fidonet.org (Roger Heflin)

Hello Roger!

In a msg of <20 Jun 91>, Roger Heflin writes to All:

 >> You can implement arbitrary-size strings in C++ quite easily, and the
 >> same goes for Modula-2. Turbo 'Pascal' has them as well.

 RH> Yes your editor can do that with C,C++,Pascal, .... but you had to
 RH> take time to set it up to work correctly, QB does that itself.  Does
 RH> your editor also do full debugging?  QB's debugger surpasses any

Please don't start yet another language war. Every language has it's pros and 
contras. I even use FORTRAN-77 sometimes.... it's just the kind of application 
you want to design and what you are used to.

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