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12/17/09 08:00
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 		 #171683 - Indeed!
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Richard Erlacher said:
Well, I never found it to be particularly "algorithmic"

That was going to be my next question!

I wonder if GE deliberately changed it for their implementation?
Maybe they thought having "algorithmic" in the name would be better for selling it to their target audience - maybe Algol users...?

Maybe they just wanted to emphasise that it wasn't exactly the same as the Dartmouth College version?

Nowadays, of course, things called "BASIC" bear very little resemblance to the original Dartmouth BASIC...!

Everyone else, of course, denied that they used it.

Even today, I think there is a certain snobbery that BASIC isn't a "Real" language for "Real Programmers" doing "Real Projects"

Probably due to its origins as a school language, and the fact that the 'B' stands for "Beginners"...?

List of 26 messages in thread
TopicAuthorDate
BASCOM help            01/01/70 00:00      
   Debounced key?            01/01/70 00:00      
      problem mostly solved            01/01/70 00:00      
   Learn the architecture, hardware, and instruction set            01/01/70 00:00      
      BASIC - Acronym            01/01/70 00:00      
         depends on whom you ask, I guess            01/01/70 00:00      
            "all-purpose" isn't a new definition            01/01/70 00:00      
               What's in a name?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Well, I never found it to be particularly "algorithmic"            01/01/70 00:00      
                     Indeed!            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Relic of the GOTO mayhem of original BASIC            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Wasn't that the order of the day back then?            01/01/70 00:00      
                              That wasn't its intent ...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 possible to write spaghetti code in Pascal or in 'C'            01/01/70 00:00      
            From the horse's mouth!            01/01/70 00:00      
            A clear case of PCMCIA            01/01/70 00:00      
      Basics - in the "foundational" sense            01/01/70 00:00      
         Other programming languages are available            01/01/70 00:00      
         programming languages            01/01/70 00:00      
            Assembler            01/01/70 00:00      
            Focus!            01/01/70 00:00      
            How about MIDE-51?            01/01/70 00:00      
      thanks            01/01/70 00:00      
   Why is that "bad"?            01/01/70 00:00      
      That's not bad :-)            01/01/70 00:00      
         Not necessarily true            01/01/70 00:00      

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