Subj : Checking this echo
To : Andy Ball
From : Vince Coen
Date : Thu Feb 07 2008 11:01 am
Hello Andy!
06 Feb 08 02:49, you wrote to Benny Pedersen:
AB> Hello Benny,
BP>> pascal is the basic for comal, but basic in it self is
>> microsoft :-)
AB> Is comal a make of computer? Although Microsoft have
AB> made some popular BASIC interpreters and compilers, they did not
AB> invent it
Microsoft did What?
Not quite. I was using Basic on a ICL 2900 in the early 70's.
Dammed if I remember why but Basic was created as "Dartmouth Basic" and it may
not have been the first but was the 1st that I knew about.
AB> and alternatives are available.
Vince
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