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boutell@isis.cshl.org (Tom Boutell) writes:
>Sure, a lot of people (me included) get enough out of alt.lang.basic, but
>some places don't get alt groups, and there's also a principle involved here
>(that a major programming language is kept out of the comp.lang hierarchy).

"kept out"?  What are you talking about?

>With some of the negative comments about basic a few posts back, something
>tells me that a lot of basic trashers would come out of the woodwork and
>vote down comp.sys.basic.

Hey, I'd vote against comp.sys.basic, and I'm certainly no BASIC
trasher.  As for comp.lang.basic, I think it would probably pass.  Or
at least fail due to too few votes, rather than too many no votes.

>Surely a vote has been tried before?  Does anyone know the results?

"Surely"?  What are you talking about?  Such a vote has never been
proposed until very recently.  I think you're being overly paranoid.

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