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From: dennison@telepath.com
Subject: Re: CompUSA New Policy
Date: 1999/02/26
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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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