Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

[wildstar <wildstar128@hotmail.com>]

pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter) wrote in
news:bd4bh1$eq6$1@merope.saaf.se: 


> The major revolution with Basic wasn't the language itself (which
> really was nothing but a stripped-down version of Fortran; later
> strings were added though), but the environment: for the first time,
> the programmer didn't need to store his source code on punched cards
> or paper tape and submit it to some batch queue, but could instead
> sit at an interactive terminal, getting almost immediate response to
> syntax errors/etc.  And THAT aspect of Basic is ubiqutous today:
> hardly anoyne do batch programming anymore....
>  

Oh, we do a little still today. In the world it is still used. Not as often 
anymore because people are too lazy and software is no longer programmer 
friendly just like the automobile. Once shipped, don't f*ck with it. It is 
a generational philosophy. That's all.