Re: Why use Basic at all? (was Re: BASIC with built-in matrix functions?)

On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 14:34:26 -0700, "news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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<news@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>Incidentally 'C' also allows you to put the condition at the beginning
>or the end of a WHILE/DO          loop,soVBisn'tuniqueinthat.And'C'
>has both 'break' and 'continue', which no BASIC dialect has as far as
>I know.
>
>Richard.
>http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/
>To reply by email change 'news' to my forename.

The ms basics, at least 7.1, had EXIT FOR/DO and NEXT I  and various
other loop control items like that, so you are wrong there, I afraid.