[Info-vax] BASIC (was Re: 64-bit)

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On Wed, 2024-01-10 at 23:28 +0000, Chris Townley wrote:
> > Nowadays, Jupyter notebooks offer a more modern environment for
> > such incremental, even scratchpad-style programming. And Python is
> > a more modern language without the limitations of BASIC.
> 
> Have you ever used DEC/Compaq/HP basic?
> 
> It is unlike the early home computer Basic. In its day it was a
> modern highly structured language - which was of course compiled.
> 
> I maintained and developed an ERP system consisting of well over a 
> million lines of code, which worked well to support our business

I have also used Visual Basic to maintain and add new features to a
garage forecourt application for dry stock and wet stock for the past
eleven years. Currently I've been made redundant and looking for a new
job.
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