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

["Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com>]

"Randy McLaughlin" <randy@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> As for Basic I agree that it is a dying language and unless the computer
> world makes another shift that would bring Basic's strengths back into
play
> it will have the same status as Algol and many other languages.  As far as
> Cobol goes my experience is limited and I will bow to your expertise
there.
> My only point about Basic is that there are millions of programs that were
> written for it and it is too costly to re-write all of them.  As far as
> mentioning Cobol it is just that I have not heard much about it other than
> Y2k upgrades to older programs.

Being human I did forget one current use of Basic:  Micro$loth has a basic
interpreter built into their browser.  They use it to provide patches to
windows (windows update).  Criminals use it as a virus delivery device (VBS
scripts).  That alone could be a good excuse to kill it.