Bill Poser <POSER@SU-CSLI.ARPA> (01/23/85)
Why would anybody want to run Basic under UNIX? Seems like very poor taste to me. -------
preece@ccvaxa.UUCP (01/28/85)
> Why would anybody want to run Basic under UNIX? Seems like very poor > taste to me. ---------- Maybe they have little programs to write to calculate simple things and they don't fancy writing them in awk. There are a LOT of little things for which BASIC is a much more suitable language than anything normally available with Unix. There are reasons why hardware stores sell hammers in many different sizes and weights. The same principle applies to tools for problem solving. scott preece ihnp4!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!preece
acheng@uiucdcs.UUCP (01/28/85)
/* Written 4:08 am Jan 23, 1985 by POSER@brl-tgr in uiucdcs:net.unix */ /* ---------- "basic for UNIX?" ---------- */ Why would anybody want to run Basic under UNIX? Seems like very poor taste to me. ------- /* End of text from uiucdcs:net.unix */ Well, for one thing, BASIC is rather easy for non-computer scientists to learn. There are also tons of books about BASIC and some simple programs/games to try with. Let us face it, most of the executives do not know pointers and structures. If there is a friendly BASIC "compiler" there to help him/her do some simple tasks, he/she will be more generous to put more money into the system. And that is our bread and butter.
pritch@osu-eddie.UUCP (Norman Pritchett) (01/30/85)
> ---------- > ... There are reasons why hardware stores sell hammers in many > different sizes and weights. The same principle applies to tools for > problem solving. Gee, I wish people could understand the same thing about operating systems. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Norm Pritchett - The Generic Hacker UUCP: ...!cbosgd!osu-eddie!pritch BITNET: TS0017@OHSTVMA
Earl Weaver (VLD/ATB) <earl@Brl-Vat.ARPA> (01/31/85)
Right on! I've found that usually when people sneer at a language they are broadcasting their ingnorance.
Bill Poser <POSER@SU-CSLI.ARPA> (01/31/85)
>Date: Thu, 31 Jan 85 7:46:33 EST >From: Earl Weaver (VLD/ATB) <earl@BRL-VAT.ARPA> >To: preece%ccvaxa.uucp@BRL-TGR.ARPA >cc: info-unix@BRL-TGR.ARPA >Subject: Re: basic for UNIX? >Right on! I've found that usually when people sneer at a language they are >broadcasting their ingnorance. Well, I've usually found that people who resort to ad hominem attacks do so because they can't think of any real arguments. Seriously, how many of us are not familiar with BASIC? -------
Robert Henderson <hender@AMES-NAS.ARPA> (02/01/85)
I for one am becoming very tired of the never ending arguments on c vs pascal vs fortran vs basic vs whatever. Most of the arguments are of the form of liking your mother's spaghetti sauce... you like it best because you had it first ( or last or whatever ). Howabout not wasting my time by not putting any more space wasting discussions without useful content on the net! bob henderson
seifert@mako.UUCP (Snoopy) (02/01/85)
In article <76@osu-eddie.UUCP> pritch@osu-eddie.UUCP (Norman Pritchett) writes: >> ---------- >> ... There are reasons why hardware stores sell hammers in many >> different sizes and weights. The same principle applies to tools for >> problem solving. > > >Gee, I wish people could understand the same thing about operating systems. We do. That's why there are v6, v7, system III, system V, system V release 2 version 2 rev 6 mod3.14 hike!, BSD 2.?, BSD 4.? Utek, Unix RTR, and so on and so on _____ |___| the Bavarian Beagle _|___|_ Snoopy \_____/ tektronix!mako!seifert \___/ footnote: Belly Wabbitories is an AI project of the UNIX operating system another footnote: take care of your feet, and they'll take care of you!
dave@uwmcsd1.UUCP (Dave Rasmussen) (03/03/86)
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I have a friend who is trying to install a version of UBC (?) Basic on
a VAX 780 here running 4.2bsd. We currently have the same basic running
on our 750 with 4.1bsd.
This particular version appears to have some nasty memory allocation problems,
among other things. Does anyone have any suggestions for other versions of
Basic (gag) for Unix, or possibly a fixed version of the above?
My dept has a great (well maybe not great, but dependable) version of basic
on a Sperry 1100/81. Unfortunately this isn't an option for my friend.
Please mail me any suggestions. I'll post a followup later.
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