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Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"

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From: Jeff Fulcer
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 13:33
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On 26 Jan 1996, charles stoyer wrote:

> BASIC stands for "Beginners All-purpose ? Interpretive Code" 
> and that scares the living hell out of me. I have been a 
> FORTRAN programmer for about 25 years, and have had Visual C++ 
> (with Fortran Power Station) for 2 weeks. C++ is a real 
> language. I would go that route (well, I am going that route). 
> The Wizard does most of the coding for you. Debug tools are 
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
   This scares me even more than what BASIC stands for.

> great.
> 
> Depends on what you want to do: "speed costs, son, how fast do 
> you wanna go?"
> 
> 
> 
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From: Jeff Fulcer <jfulcer@execpc.com>
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Subject: Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 07:33:15 -0600
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