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> I am wondering why BASIC married with shared libs is out of consideration
> as developer level interface ?

But why should it be in consideration in the first place?  That's
the real question.  What advantages does it have?  I can't think
of any except that some people know it already, but that applies
to most languages.

Drawbacks:
  - causes beginners to learn bad programming design
  - if you toss out line numbers, and start using the structured
    constructs, long variable names, etc, then IMHO, you don't
    really have basic anyway.
  - variable naming conventions determining type.  Blech.
  - bad image.  You think some people despise lisp-like languages,
    just wait till you see the basic haters...
  - no data structures beyond an array.

Do you really want the BASIC syntax, or do you just want a procedural
interpretive language, such as a Pascal thingy with good string ops?
What if all the function names were changed? IMHO, the things that
make a language BASIC as opposed to a new language with a new name are
the very things that need getting rid of.

> The procedural language has very substantial advantage - it is the most
> natural way for human beings to describe its activities.

VERY subjective.  Or do you have any references?  And even if
true, BASIC is not the only procedural language.
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Darin Johnson
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