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Rewrite BASIC language today?

by "jj" <intel@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 20, 2008 at 08:37 PM

Hi, if BASIC were to be written today, what changes would you have made,
if any, consistent with the meaning of the acronym? I am thinking about
the
physical limitations and the pressures to make the language like some of 
it's
now little used competitors.

For example, I have always wondered why those "doit" instructions - 
FOR/RETURN/
DO/WHILE etc are not all part of one instruction with several parameters.

Some of the differences between different BASICS are surely unnecessary
and 
not
consistent with the original basis for it's creation.

Perhaps sales of BASIC are not to or for beginners anymore? Perhaps the 
"educational" factor
once used to sell the language is not of much interest?

Has modern BASIC evolved into a development language for experts?

jj
 




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"jj" <intel@  2008-04-20 20:37:37 
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"Tom Lake" <  2008-04-21 08:24:21 
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ArarghMail804NOSPAM@[EMAI  2008-04-21 19:25:51 
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"Tom Lake" <  2008-04-21 22:12:32 
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ArarghMail804NOSPAM@[EMAI  2008-04-21 22:51:21 
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"Auric__" <n  2008-04-22 15:36:03 
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ArarghMail804NOSPAM@[EMAI  2008-04-22 21:29:31 
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MC PRTK <prtk.uncensor  2008-05-11 01:38:25 
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ArarghMail805NOSPAM@[EMAI  2008-05-10 16:40:00 
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"Tom Lake" <  2008-04-22 13:46:44 
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ArarghMail804NOSPAM@[EMAI  2008-04-22 21:31:44 
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"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-26 11:45:05 
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Derek <derekrss@[EMAIL  2008-04-21 21:48:37 
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"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-22 14:56:36 
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"Tom Lake" <  2008-04-23 06:37:51 
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"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-23 06:57:01 
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Adam <no@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-04-23 12:22:19 
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rhnlogic <rhnlogic@[EM  2008-04-23 11:38:36 
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rhnlogic <rhnlogic@[EM  2008-04-23 11:46:29 
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"carlg@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-04-25 13:23:24 
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"carlg@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-04-25 21:33:06 
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"jj" <intel@  2008-04-26 06:24:13 
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"Gordon Rahman"  2008-04-26 14:57:07 
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"jj" <intel@  2008-04-26 14:49:15 
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"Gordon Rahman"  2008-04-26 18:04:01 
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"Gordon Rahman"  2008-04-26 18:23:48 
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"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-26 09:40:44 
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"carlg@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-04-26 10:58:28 
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rhnlogic <rhnlogic@[EM  2008-05-10 23:50:35 
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"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-22 01:35:53 
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"Gordon Rahman"  2008-04-26 14:38:32 
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Adam <no@[EMAIL PROTEC  2008-04-26 11:07:00 
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"Gordon Rahman"  2008-04-26 18:44:10 
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rhnlogic <rhnlogic@[EM  2008-04-26 21:36:47 
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"Gordon Rahman"  2008-04-27 13:48:39 
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"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-27 02:53:02 
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"Stephen J. Rush&quo  2008-04-26 18:17:34 
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"Gordon Rahman"  2008-04-27 13:29:31 
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"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-28 09:35:42 
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H-Man <I-Hate@[EMAIL P  2008-04-28 11:53:37 
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"Tom Lake" <  2008-04-28 21:44:05 
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"news@[EMAIL PROTECT  2008-04-29 01:15:52 
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"jj" <intel@  2008-04-29 13:39:11 
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"Tom Lake" <  2008-04-29 13:54:37 
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rhnlogic <rhnlogic@[EM  2008-04-29 15:51:59 
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"Tom Lake" <  2008-04-30 05:33:51 
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Derek <derekrss@[EMAIL  2008-04-29 22:57:21 
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