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Article #328Microsoft BASIC & Ne
From: Richard Vannoy
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:46
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:46
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FF> I am a longtime Basic user and I just happen to work in
FF> the group that develops Microsoft Basic products (including BC7.0,
FF> BC7.1, Visual Basic for Windows, and Visual Basic for MS-DOS.) If I can
FF> get an answer to any question you have you may be assured that I will.
I was amazed when I went to a newly opened computer warehouse
type store here in San Diego. I went to look in the compiler
section, and saw every C, C+, C++, and Pascal compiler ever
invented. There was one copy of Microsoft VB (for DOS, I
think), way down in the back of the bottom shelf, and no
Spectra or any other BASIC products. A chat with the salesman
revealed the shelf was as stocked as well as it would ever get
with BASIC compilers.
Is it coming down to VB for DOS, and VB for windows and NO
OTHER BASIC compilers on the planet?
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