From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: CompUSA New Policy
Date: 1999/02/26
Date: 1999-02-26T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7b6pa8$kh4$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 1999Feb26.104940.1@eisner
In article <1999Feb26.104940.1@eisner>,
Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam wrote:
> In article <7b6c4q$7pa$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>, dennison@telepath.com writes:
>
> Visual Basic is certainly a general purpose programming language if
> you restrict your purpose to writing applications on Windows (a fine
> restriction for many programmers). Along with Delphi it is one of
No "if" allowed, though. :-)
I think the "writing applications" part is the worst restriction of the two
actually. I don't think it can be called "general pupose" if it is completely
unsuitable for developing systems software.
But is that the case?
T.E.D.
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-02-18 0:00 CompUSA New Policy David Botton
1999-02-24 0:00 ` schrader01
1999-02-24 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-24 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-25 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-25 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-25 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-26 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-25 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Nick Roberts
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Marin David Condic
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Dale Stanbrough
1999-02-26 0:00 ` fmanning
1999-02-28 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-27 0:00 ` bill
1999-02-28 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-02-28 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-28 0:00 ` Bob Collins
1999-02-28 0:00 ` bill
1999-03-01 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-01 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-01 0:00 ` dennison
1999-03-01 0:00 ` David Botton
1999-03-01 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-01 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-03-01 0:00 ` fraser
1999-03-12 0:00 ` Tony Gair
1999-02-26 0:00 ` dennison
1999-02-26 0:00 ` Larry Kilgallen
1999-02-26 0:00 ` dennison [this message]
1999-02-28 0:00 ` robert_dewar
1999-02-24 0:00 ` DPH
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