On Sat, 02 Apr 2005 19:26, Philip Charles wrote: > On Sat, 2 Apr 2005, Robert Himmelmann wrote: > > Wesley Parish wrote: > > >I suppose - because they could. ;) > > > > > >Myself, I'm not a fan of BASIC, since having tried to learn it in order > > > to play around with graphics with the book "Microcomputer Graphics for > > > the IBM PC", whic was written in the bad old days of BASIC only on the > > > PC. > > > > On the CeBIT last year they had an exhibition of old computers. There > > was one, I think it was a Commodore C64, which had only BASIC as ui, > > programming language. You had to use those old audio tapes for saving > > your data. It is hard to think that someone wrote programs on such a > > "computer". I wonder what people of my age will say in 30 years when > > they see a box similar to the ones we are using in a museum. > > I still miss the line numbers.
Line numbers! The thing I liked most about languages like C, Pascal, etc, is that you never need to worry about line numbers. It's still the think I thing best about VisualBASIC. > > Phil. > Wesley Parish > -- > Philip Charles; 39a Paterson Street, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand > +64 3 488 2818 Fax +64 3 488 2875 Mobile 025 267 9420 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - preferred. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I sell GNU/Linux & GNU/Hurd CDs & DVDs. See http://www.copyleft.co.nz -- Clinersterton beademung, with all of love - RIP James Blish ----- Mau e ki, he aha te mea nui? You ask, what is the most important thing? Maku e ki, he tangata, he tangata, he tangata. I reply, it is people, it is people, it is people.
