>everything but being a VB and REALBasic programmer i know of a lot of
>people who totally swear by BASIC and would laugh at xtalk in much the same
>way that C programmers find them laughable.
>It is far more widley known and still fairly easy. Its really a matter of
>preference and past experionce.
>I would welcome its inclusion if someone did put it in.
Julian,
what makes BASIC more like a "real" programming language is the fact that
it has a nerdiness factor: It is pretty cryptic and not as verbose as xTalk
or human language. We can't beat that with OpenTalk (and I wouldn't want to
do it).
I have to admit, current BASIC dialects are much more advanced and better
strucured that the original BASIC I grew up with, but I'm satisfied if I
have xTalk. I hope Anthony soon has some time for OpenTalk again. The block
file format only needs some changes & bug fixes in the compact() routine
and then I'll upload it (don't worry, I have a backup).
Cheers,
-- M. Uli Kusterer
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