From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 107f24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid107f24,public X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 10259a,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid10259a,public X-Google-Thread: 103d24,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid103d24,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,ea8ea502d35ca2ce X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,626a0a064b320310 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-19 07:45:03 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!nntp-relay.ihug.net!ihug.co.nz!logbridge.uoregon.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!csulb.edu!/news!GT-News!not-for-mail From: Lex Spoon Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.lang.functional,comp.lang.scheme,comp.lang.perl Subject: Re: Beginner's Language? Date: 19 May 2001 10:40:46 -0400 Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta GA, USA Message-ID: References: <9cukad$nn68@news-dxb> <9d6b6e$1bt$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9d867n$ort13@news.kvaerner.com> <3af79d85.1462818@news.minvenw.nl> <3B032646.34265D84@flash.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: unknown@r50h168.res.gatech.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: news-int.gatech.edu 990283269 27726 128.61.50.168 (19 May 2001 14:41:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gatech.edu NNTP-Posting-Date: 19 May 2001 14:41:09 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:7650 comp.lang.lisp:10339 comp.lang.smalltalk:9943 comp.lang.functional:5740 comp.lang.scheme:3925 comp.lang.perl:2827 Date: 2001-05-19T14:41:09+00:00 List-Id: "Tom Lake" writes: > Very nice but none of this has any relevance to BASIC programmers. Could > you guys cut out the references to the BASIC newsgroups from your list of > newsgroups? We're getting cluttered up and it's really confusing the many > beginners who are asking for our help. So you say... > I've been programming in BASIC for a > living for thirty years (even before Gates and Co. made it popular) and have > never run into a situation where BASIC couldn't be used to solve any problem > I encountered. TIA And then you join in. Welcome. :) BASIC was intended as a beginner's language, was it not? If you think BASIC is so great, then why should anyone bother with Scheme or Pascal or Smalltalk or anything else? Lex