Keith Bowes wrote:
>
> Maybe not, but VBScript has its ancient roots in BASIC (Beginner's
> All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code). Though maybe not an international
> standard, BASIC is the standard language used to teach programming.
Only at colleges and universities that receive kick-backs from Microsoft
on their software if they teach their "Office" and "VB" courses.
> But Microsoft has had the imagination to extend BASIC into a language that
> can challenge the more complex and bulkier alternatives without making it
> big, complex, and unmanagable. While new languages, each more complex than
> the last (a prime example is that incomprehensible recent language known as
> Java), are being created, extended BASIC keeps the ease of the original
> language while adding new features that allow it to challenge other
> languages without becoming as complex as the languages it's challenging.
Yea? Where's all the documentation that will allow the developers of any
OS to add support for basic programs into their OS?
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Jerry Baker
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