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From: ndiamond@watdaisy.UUCP (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: (qualityp BASIC) -> NIL
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 13:18:33 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 21 13:18:33 1985
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> 	i)	0010 LET A=10
> 		0020 LET B=15
> 		0030 PRINT 'Sum:'; A+B
> 	
> 	ii)	PROGRAM sum (output);
> 		VAR	A,B	: real;
> 		BEGIN
> 			A := 10.0;
> 			B := 15.0;
> 			writeln ("Sum: ", A+B)
> 		END.
> 	
> 	iii)	#include <stdio.h>
> 		#define	A	10.0
> 		#define	B	15.0
> 		main () 
> 		{ 
> 			printf ("Sum: %f",A+B) 
> 		}
> 
> Granted this is very simple programs, however they can demonstrate the ease
> in which you can write a simple program in BASIC.
> and neat. [To equal minded!]
> -- 
> Kim Chr. Madsen   Datalogisk Institut (Institute of Datalogy)

And how many real-world programs are so simple-minded?  As soon as you have
two loops and one non-trivial exit condition, you'll prefer Pascal.  As soon
as you have two sizes of matrices (and require some function not built-in to
Basic), you'll prefer C.
-- 

   Norman Diamond

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