Re: 2,000 Basics? Well still counting!

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From: Michael Martinez
Date: Mon, 03 Mar 1997 00:00

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In article <3319EDC8.2447697B@nr.infi.net>, KWM <kwmelvin@nr.infi.net> wrote:
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>Who in the world suggested that there
>are 2,000 versions of BASIC? Last I
>heard that was about the count of
>all computer programming languages
>put together, not just BASIC.

I suggested it, and 2,000 is a pretty low figure for all programming 
languages, assuming you allow for vendor differentiation (i.e., IBM COBOL 
versus, say, MicroFocus COBOL, etc.).

>So, please, stop counting. Or, if
>you simply MUST count, do it in
>comp.lang.basic.*  or alt.lang.basic

It wasn't my intention that people should count, or followup to the Pascal 
groups.  I've redirected my followups to the BASIC groups.

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From: michaelm@swcp.com (Michael Martinez)
Subject: Re: 2,000 Basics? Well still counting!
Date: 1997/03/03
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