> From: Bob Munck[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Tolhurst > > Sent: Sunday, January 24, 1999 11:02 PM > > > Yes. The point was that proprietary languages are alive and well, > > and some, like VB, are quite popular. > > No, the point is that Visual Basic is not a language; it's a > program that processes a language. VB is a proprietary software > package, in that Microsoft owns it and has the sole and exclusive > right to manufacture and sell it. > So VB is a program -- if you write VB code, you are not writing "basic" but are writing to "call" BASIC? > Basic, the language, has existed since Bill Gates was in high > school. It is not proprietary, nor are most if not all other > programming languages. Anyone can write a software package > that processes it; in fact, anyone can write a software package > that does exactly the same things that Visual Basic does (though > they'd better use a "clean room" approach to avoid suspicion of > theft). > > Are we clear? > Ummmm.... no. The last sentence has thrown me -- if VB just processes Basic -- why would writing "plain basic" another way suggest "theft"? Kathy ____________________________________________________________________ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Join The NEW Web Consultants Association FORUMS and CHAT: Register Today at: http://just4u.com/forums/ Web Consultants Web Site : http://just4u.com/webconsultants Give the Gift of Life This Year... Just4U Stop Smoking Support forum - helping smokers for over three years-tell a friend: http://just4u.com/forums/ To get 500 Banner Ads for FREE go to http://www.linkbuddies.com/start.go?id=111261 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
