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Re: What is advanced? (was Re: Pascal to Basic converter)

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From: Bruce
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 1997 00:00
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www.gdsoft.com/swag/swag.htmlNick Coons wrote:
> > To some "advanced" means having the ability to do most anything the
> > hardware is capable of without restriction.  When Pascal/C/C++ advocates
> > claim their language as advanced this definition applies.
>         That sounds like a good theory, as well as applicable.  I will say that
> my definition of advanced is the one above, that it has the ability to
> do most anything the hardware is capable of, and I still think that
> QuickBASIC fits into this as being very advanced.

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From: Bruce <brucec@itctel.com>
Subject: Re: What is advanced? (was Re: Pascal to Basic converter)
Date: 1997/02/15
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