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From: kar7481@cuphub.cup.edu (Dan Karbowsky;AtariEliteOfPghPa bbs412-384-5609)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: FLAMES--Who needs COMPILERS ANYWAY???
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Date: 14 Dec 89 13:14:52 GMT
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> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:

> Just one question in this discussion...
>  
> If Atari has such a low opinion of the "end users" who buy their machines,
> and can assume that 90% of them only want to run programs, not write them,
> why has Atari traditionally supplied a   *programming language*   with the
> computers..?
>  
> In fact, my ST came with  *two*  programming languages...
>  
> BobR
-- 
	GRANTED--Atari DID package a(n o.k.) version of BASIC and with
your machine, probably LOGO too... But have you SERIOUSLY ever tried to 
do programming in ST-Basic??? The user interface is so damn kludgy and 
"seemingly spaghetti-coded" that it is a real pain in the ass to work with for
more than 30 minutes..... [ THAT'S WHY I SHELLED OUT $90 ON GFA 3.0x  !!!]
 Also, I'm not aware of anyone who has written a compiler for ST-Basic...

But (sarcasm ahead) WHO NEEDS A COMPILER ANYWAY????? WE CAN ALL RUN PROGRAMS
FROM OUR __INTERPRETERS__ !!!!!--- (Duhh.....) :-)

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