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Article #39592Re: FLAMES--Who needs COMPILERS ANYWAY???
From: Dan Karbowsky;AtariEliteOfPghPa ...
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 13:14
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 1989 13:14
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> Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes: > Just one question in this discussion... > > If Atari has such a low opinion of the "end users" who buy their machines, > and can assume that 90% of them only want to run programs, not write them, > why has Atari traditionally supplied a *programming language* with the > computers..? > > In fact, my ST came with *two* programming languages... > > BobR -- GRANTED--Atari DID package a(n o.k.) version of BASIC and with your machine, probably LOGO too... But have you SERIOUSLY ever tried to do programming in ST-Basic??? The user interface is so damn kludgy and "seemingly spaghetti-coded" that it is a real pain in the ass to work with for more than 30 minutes..... [ THAT'S WHY I SHELLED OUT $90 ON GFA 3.0x !!!] Also, I'm not aware of anyone who has written a compiler for ST-Basic... But (sarcasm ahead) WHO NEEDS A COMPILER ANYWAY????? WE CAN ALL RUN PROGRAMS FROM OUR __INTERPRETERS__ !!!!!--- (Duhh.....) :-) +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dan Karbowsky kar7481@pitt!cuphub / S U P P O R T T H E S T ! ! ! | | 102 Lee Drive ___________________/Call the ATARI ELITE of PITTSBURGH'S | | Belle Vernon, PA / BBS (Forem-ST,fnet node 19) at (412) 384-5609 at 300 | | 15012 U.S.A. / thru 19.2k baud 24 hrs./day 7-days/week Mention this | | / message at logon. Over 180mb ONLINE!!! | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!aplcen!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pt.cs.cmu.edu!cadre.dsl.pitt.edu!pitt!cuphub!kar7481 From: kar7481@cuphub.cup.edu (Dan Karbowsky;AtariEliteOfPghPa bbs412-384-5609) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: FLAMES--Who needs COMPILERS ANYWAY??? Message-ID: <2508@cuphub.cup.edu> Date: 14 Dec 89 13:14:52 GMT References: <2352@pkmab.se> <1830@atari.UUCP> <2370@pkmab.se> <1854@atari.UUCP> <874@lzaz.ATT.COM> <1864@atari.UUCP> <2369@cuphub.cup.edu> <6983@chaph.usc.edu> <24958@cup.portal.com> Organization: California University of Pennsylvania, California, PA Lines: 30