2,000 Basics?(Re: What is advanced? (was Re: Pascal to Basic converter))

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From: Grant Dixon
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 00:00

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Michael Martinez <michaelm@basis.com> wrote in article 
>Michael Martinez wrote:
>> 
>> BASIC runs in over 1,000 implementations -- over 2,000 by some
estimates.
>                     ^^^^^                         ^^^^^

What do you think should we start a list?  Here are the Basics I am using
or have used in the past.  Although you can argue over how BASIC some of
them are the all have a BASIC flavour.

VAX BASIC
Shepardson Basic
BASICA
MS BASIC
GWBASIC
Turbo BASIC
QuickBASIC
QBASIC
dBase 
Clipper
Force (Half BASIC, mixed with a little C and Pascal)
UDF - An industrial BASIC used in building control systems (HVAC)
Enable Basic a TurboCAD V3.0 script language
Novell's Script Language (looks like BASIC to me)
ORACLE
SQL (Sorta)
ProComm Script
MicroSoft's Dial up Script
Visual Basic
VB Application
VBScript

Grant

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From: "Grant Dixon" <dixon@dogwood.physics.mcmaster.ca>
Subject: 2,000 Basics?(Re: What is advanced? (was Re: Pascal to Basic converter))
Date: 1997/02/20
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