[Info-vax] The Future of Programming Languages and Web browsers

[Bob Eager]

On Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:45:23 -0800, Neil Rieck wrote:

> I, too, am not a big fan of BASIC but DEC-BASIC (or whatever they call
> it today) contains features way beyond what a beginner would ever use.
> First off, there is no interpreter on any platform higher than VAX.
> Built-in support for RMS (sequential, relative and index) was an
> unexpected surprise. There is no requirement for line numbers and an
> option statement will require you declare all your variables (aka no kid
> stuff). MAT (matrix) statements are borrowed from FORTRAN

MAT statements were in the Kemeny and Kurtz BASIC back in 1970....!

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