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From: benk@inmet.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Orphaned Response
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Date: Thu, 21-Feb-85 02:01:15 EST
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Posted: Thu Feb 21 02:01:15 1985
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Nf-From: inmet!benk    Feb 19 10:08:00 1985


	I've got to agree.  Despite the many bad things which 
	legitmately be said about it, there are occasions when
	Basic is the language of choice: e.g., little interactive
	tools with a short lifetime of use, quick hacks for 
	microcomputers, etc.  I guess what it comes down to is
	that there are times at which you *want* an interactive
	language, are stuck without a Lisp interpreter, and
	don't have an APL keyboard on your terminal ( :-) ).  
	I know that PWB-Unix came with a Basic interpreter called
	'bas';  I'm not sure, but I think Unix-System-V also 
	comes with 'bas'.  I know of no Basic for Berkeley systems.


	Ben Krepp
	{ihnp4,harpo,ima}!inmet!benk