[comp.sys.ibm.pc] Hype, was Programming

johnl@ima.ima.isc.com (John R. Levine) (10/16/88)

In article <339@mozart.UUCP> dlbaer@mozart.UUCP (Dennis L. Baer ) writes:
>PROGRAMMERS,try the Structured Programming Language and you will have an
>opportunity to switch to a language that is better than PASCAL and C. ...

This guy has been hyping this Basic preprocessor on the BBS circuit to the
point where many of us are ready to punch him in the nose.  It may or may
not be a reasonable language but the guy has been such a pain that I
encourage you to disregard him until his hype level drops.

Signed,
Fed Up
-- 
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marco@hpmcaa.HP.COM (Marco Dalla-Gasperina-403) (10/22/88)

/ hpmcaa:comp.sys.ibm.pc / jack@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Jack Campin) /  4:42 am  Oct 17, 1988 /

dlbaer@mozart.UUCP (Dennis L. Baer ) wrote:

> PROGRAMMERS,try the Structured Programming Language and you will have an
> opportunity to switch to a language that is better than PASCAL and C...
> Why SWITCH to SPL? Here are the reasons! ...
 
> SPL has better FOR loops with INTEGER and REAL indicies and increments.
                                ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^^
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Integer *AND* real indices...

You mean like:
    
    for ( x=1.6,i=0 ; x<3.1416*y && i<14 ; x+=0.001,i++ )

marco