Re: "SHOULD I DUMP VISUAL BASIC?"

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From: Steve Thomas
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 1996 02:58

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In <4ebko9$8tn@hasle.sn.no>,  (balchen@sn.no (Jens Balchen Jr.))
wrote:
>charles stoyer <cstoyer@interpex.com> decided to share with us
>the infinite reservoars of wisdom:

>>BASIC stands for "Beginners All-purpose ? Interpretive Code" 

>Actually it's "Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code".
>But VB does not deserve the name BASIC. I can't understand why
>the stupid masses still think of VB as BASIC.

Hmmm. Ya got me. Suppose it be because the V in VB stands for Visual?

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