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

From	Todd Vargo <tlvargo@sbcglobal.netz>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.misc, comp.sys.sinclair
Subject	Re: MS BASIC, Sinclair BASIC, STOS BASIC: derivatives comparison?
Date	2012-12-07 14:09 -0500
Organization	albasani.net
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On 12/7/2012 5:01 AM, news@rtrussell.co.uk wrote:
> On Dec 6, 11:19 pm, ralph <nt_consultin...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Perhaps it would help if you would explain - How many "strips" it
>> takes to make it officially "stripped down"
>
> Here's a test you can apply.  If a BASIC has both LEFT$ and MID$ it
> has not been "stripped down", since as the functionality of LEFT$ can
> be achieved using MID$ it is non-essential (the dictionary definition
> of "stripped down" is that it has been reduced to the bare
> essentials).

MID$ existed prior to QuickBasic. You are reaching outside the statement 
that you disagreed with here.

Ivan> "Quick BASIC (of which QBasic is a later, stripped down version)"

Richard> "I don't think it's entirely fair to call QBasic a 'stripped 
down' version of QuickBasic."

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/stripped+down?s=t

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Todd Vargo
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