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In article <1992Sep23.183246.703@mcs.kent.edu>, rayes@Snake.mcs.kent.edu (Mohamed Omar Rayes) writes:
> Does any one out there know of a good Basic interpreter  for
> the SUN3/4 or HP families running  UNIX system  V.  
There is at least one BASIC interpreter for Unix; there was a copy around here,
but it seems to have been removed. But don't expect a lot to work properly,
since there are so many peculiarities in different BASIC's (like graphics, PEEK
& POKE, etc, etc). Depending on what you want to do, you could be better off
with a PC emulator (like the free pcm).

In article <1992Sep28.011356.9923@bsu-ucs.uucp>, 00cchall@bsu-ucs.uucp (Chael Hall) writes:
>...  BASIC?  Really?

BASIC isn't all that bad. It is extremely simple, which makes it something of
an oasis in a Unix/C environment for many people. Some versions of BASIC are
very efficient (CPU-efficient and people-efficient) in database access and
matrix manipulations (not thinking of your average MicroSoft or Timex/Sinclair
implementations, but some DG, HP and DEC implementations are quite worthwhile).

Most of all, there is such a large pool of programs and programmers that could
benefit from BASIC on a Unix system much more than trying to rewrite the
programs in C or retrain the users.

Mark Aitchison, University of Canterbury.