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

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> wrote:
> "Judson McClendon" <ju...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Technically, you are correct. But I'm not interested in BASIC
>> dialects that are more than 20 years old, for the same reason
>> I'm not interested in boiling my clothes or blacksmithy.
>> They are of historical interest only. :-)
>
> You are aware, are you, that I make my living from developing and
> selling BBC BASIC, a BASIC dialect over 25 years old?  Try telling my
> customers that it's only "of historical interest"!
>
> It is, I accept, pretty amazing that a 25-year-old BASIC dialect is
> still relevant today (albeit having undergone a number of improvements
> during that time, but still compatible with the original).  Indeed,
> it's not only relevant but thriving, with the number of users
> increasing every day and applications including commercial products
> deployed in hundreds of locations:
>
>  http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic/birthday/

Yes, I know. I wish you and BBC BASIC well. You pointed out that
BBC BASIC has "undergone a number of improvements."  You aren't
suggesting that BBC BASIC still has only the same syntax as it did
in 1981? Wouldn't it be more accurate to say that, though BBC BASIC
has been around for nearly 26 years, it is really a more modern BASIC
that has roots that old? How many people, do you think, are still using
the 1981 version with no improvements for serious work? My guess is,
not many. :-)
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