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Article #106Re: mat print command?
From: Rod Speed
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:49
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2004 18:49
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Phred <ppnerkDELETETHIS@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:30olmeF32t18kU1@uni-berlin.de... > Tom Lake <tlake@twcny.rr.com> wrote >>> I really wish that the Microsoft developers had just continued extending >>> QuickBasic and PDS, instead of fluttering off to Visual Land. >> You said it! > It's all part of The Plan. Once upon a time there were many > enthusiasts who wrote useful programs in BASIC; but the Powers > That Be saw that this was a Bad Thing and introduced all the > complexities of the modern Visual languages, allegedly to the > benefit of the users of the programs, but, in reality, to get rid of > those nasty amateurs competing with the company's bottom line. Mindless conspiracy theory. There are in fact free Basics that take the traditional approach. And the traditional approach is still used in some areas, most obviously with single chip micros.
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