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Re: C++ vs Quick BASIC : HELP NEEDED

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From: Ralf Brown
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1992 02:20
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In article <BuBvAu.FAn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jas37876@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (John A. Slagel) writes:
}    I used to swear by Basic 7.1 -- It handled strings effortlessly,
}    *NO* developement environment is easier to use, it compiles faster
}    than C in the environment, Press F2 and a list of subroutines in
}    the program comes up, you pick the one you want, so you don't
}    have to scroll through code.

You can do that in any language given a half-way decent programming editor.
In almost any Emacs clone, the "tags" facility lets you jump directly to
a function by name (and in most cases, you can even have the editor grab
the name from the cursor position).

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