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In article <33098F1F.6C75@airmail.net>,
Alan M. Evans <look4me@airmail.net> wrote:
>Giora Drachsler wrote:
>
>> Pascal is the best language for learning programming.
>...
>> BASIC, on the other hand, has been developed with real-world
>> applications in mind
>...
>> Only someone who knows only Pascal can claim that it is better
>
>You're right. I give up. Pascal is useless for writing real world
>programs. All you silly Pascal programmers switch to BASIC now if you
>want to get anything useful done.
>
>AME


Alan,

i am going to be gentle with you. no...i am going to be straight
forward with you and as honest as i know how. you need to stop
trying to convince people that pascal is this mystical, celestial
entity that is above their comprehension; that you can descend
upon those who don't 'believe' that your magical sword is superior
to anything they have so far conceived and smite them  with its
beauty and convert them. it is presumptuous and insulting, not
instructive.
 
Alan, i cannot imagine any programmer on the face of this earth
denying the value and power of pascal. but the approach you are
taking with the wonderful power you hold in your hands, in the
form of pascal, can only lead to frustration and perhaps even
embarassment for you. you obviously have a good deal of
programming knowledge. but i have been following your intriguing
display of nested procedures that you are attempting to dazzle Nick
with. i admit, that the way you present them appears formidable
to understand. but it's not because i don't know how to program
in basic or pascal.
 
cheers, and happy programming,
Randy
 
"Life is like a box of chocolates..."