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From: dale@cs.rmit.edu.au (Dale Stanbrough)
Subject: Re: CompUSA New Policy
Date: 1999/02/26
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bill bill@newsguy.com wrote:

> Actually I played with VB a little (for about 5 hrs). It is Ok
> I guess as a language. The problem is that I'll be stuck on Windoz 
> for the rest of me life with it since that where it only exists. 

A VB lookalike is available on the Macintosh (RealBasic), which I
have read is 99% source code compatable.


Dale