Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: dvus Newsgroups: sci.physics Subject: Re: The Case For Quick Basic In The 21st Century. Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:37:30 -0500 Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <9gh1ic-34j.ln1@mail.specsol.com> <3ih4ic-c5.ln1@mail.specsol.com> <8dg9ic-b1h.ln1@mail.specsol.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net lSEeaKJn6YsqMdyg/aNsygAN9IYVKQ7gl1U+3g4X6NuTl4LiDO Cancel-Lock: sha1:zDdhFPsIzjaUAI6x6pC+Z7SaDOk= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:38.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/38.3.0 In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com sci.physics:535274 On 11/23/2015 1:24 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > dvus wrote: >> On 11/22/2015 2:07 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> dvus wrote: >>>> On 11/21/2015 2:02 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>>>> dvus wrote: >>>>>> On 11/20/2015 4:56 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>>>>>> dvus wrote: >>>>>>>> On 11/20/2015 12:47 PM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>>>>>>>> dvus wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 11/20/2015 2:22 AM, jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> I don't know who 'M$' is; is this an attempt to be funny? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=M%24 >>>>>>>>>> Are you laughing yet? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Puerile; no. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I have seen Microsloth from other puerile posters. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Spoil-sport! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've always thought things like that were childish and branded the >>>>>>> users of such as bigots; yes there are software bigots. >>>>>> >>>>>> If I were such a bigot I'd be using Linux or OS X. I started with >>>>>> Commodore and moved to M$ when the Amiga became somewhat obsolete. >>>>> >>>>> My first toy computer was a MITS 8080 kit, my second an Apple II. >>>>> >>>>> In the day job I was dealing with VMS, RSTS, RT-11, and SunOS on >>>>> various platforms. >>>>> >>>>> I always concidered the PC a toy until usefull applications appeared. >>>>> >>>>> Today's consumer computers are appliances to run applications. >>>> >>>> OK, what's wrong with that? >>> >>> Nothing. >>> >>> Why do you jump to the conclusion that it must be a negative statement? >>> >>> And you did notice the word 'consumer', didn't you? >>> >>> Today 84% of US households own a computer and 73% have a computer with >>> a broadband connection to the internet. >>> >>> What do you suppose those numbers would be if there were no applications >>> and all you could do is write BASIC? >> >> I don't know. Besides, who wants that? > > Congratulations, you finally got it. Thanks. But I still like Basic as a teaching tool for young kids. -- dvus