Re: MS BASIC, Sinclair BASIC, STOS BASIC: derivatives comparison?

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Subject	Re: MS BASIC, Sinclair BASIC, STOS BASIC: derivatives comparison?
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In article <6452f8e4-55c9-4638-8894-9ef52bb43249@p17g2000vbn.googlegroups.com>, "news@rtrussell.co.uk" <news@rtrussell.co.uk> wrote:
>On Dec 8, 4:03=A0am, ralph <nt_consultin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> By that definition no language can be "stripped down" as long as it
>> has an If and a Goto.
>
>Well, some sort of conditional test must be present for it to be
>Turing-complete.  But I agree that there is probably *no* language
>that can meet the dictionary definition of "stripped down".  However
>that doesn't mean that you can choose to use the phrase in a sense
>different from what the dictionary says: better not to use it at all.
>The correct use of English matters!

Except here in Oz where students (and teachers) haven't been able to 
use, or comprehend, correct English for several decades.



Cheers, Phred.

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