[Info-vax] BASIC compiler in the hobbyist distribution

[Paul Sture]

On 2015-05-26, David Froble <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:

>
> Frankly, I don't see where geek's argument is coming from.  HW is HW, it 
> does what it's told to do.  Unless I'm entirely clueless (as some have 
> claimed) I don't see where x86 (other than being a poorly implemented 
> but very well developed CPU) is any different from others.

One famous case is of course Porsche, who persevered with an inherently
unstable design (rear mounted engine) and made it work.

-- 
I don't know what the language of the year 2000 will look like, but I
know it will be called Fortran.                    -- Tony Hoare 1982