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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 1/12/2024 10:41 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> In article <unrsp9$ma6$2 at reader1.panix.com>,
> Dan Cross <cross at spitfire.i.gajendra.net> wrote:
>> In article <unra5q$3eha8$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> Chris Townley  <news at cct-net.co.uk> wrote:
>>> On 12/01/2024 06:15, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>> On Fri, 12 Jan 2024 00:40:47 -0500, Dave Froble wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Basic in my opinion does strings very well.
>>>>
>>>> Only if you measure it by the pre-Perl era.
>>>
>>> Perl is the work of the devil!
>>
>> Please don't feed the troll.
> 
> Perl _is_ the work of the devil but even so it does strings pretty well.

It is what it was created for.

And besides - can't we say that it replaced awk for that purpose?

:-)

Arne