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From: acheng@uiucdcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: basic for UNIX?
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 14:35:00 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 28 14:35:00 1985
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/* Written  4:08 am  Jan 23, 1985 by POSER@brl-tgr in uiucdcs:net.unix */
/* ---------- "basic for UNIX?" ---------- */
Why would anybody want to run Basic under UNIX? Seems like very poor taste
to me.
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Well, for one thing, BASIC is rather easy for non-computer scientists
to learn.  There are also tons of books about BASIC and some simple
programs/games to try with.  Let us face it, most of the executives
do not know pointers and structures.  If there is a friendly BASIC
"compiler" there to help him/her do some simple tasks, he/she will
be more generous to put more money into the system.  And that is our
bread and butter.