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

[Scott Dorsey]

In article <unt15p$3q4vb$1 at dont-email.me>,
=?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=C3=B8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>On 1/12/2024 10:41 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
>> In article <unrsp9$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?

Indeed, awk was the SNOBOL of a new generation.
--scott

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