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On Tue, 26 Aug 2025 03:42:25 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    Did induce the bosses to buy the BASCOM compiler.
>    BASIC may not be an "ideal" lang but you COULD do quite a lot with
>    it. Back then everybody knew BASIC so it was safe/standard.

otoh, the bosses paid me to write a BASIC compiler, although it really 
only created a IL that the runtime used. Still, it was faster than the 
interpreter they had been using. 

A 8048 cross-assembler to run on the PDP-11 was very pricey so I wrote a 
CP/M version too. Hey, the paychecks cashed. I've worked for several 
companies that had NIH problems on top of spending money problems.