Re: QBASIC

by Michael Jon Muehlendorf <haoka(at)wi.tds.net>

Date:	Wed, 05 Apr 2000 11:25:26 -0500
To:	c4david(at)flash.net, tgabriel(at)bellsouth.net
Cc:	Rachel Sz <Pray(at)netnitco.net>, HWG <hwg-basics(at)hwg.org>
References:	Pray flash bellsouth
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Yeah...what HE said! <grin>

Mike

At 09:30 AM 4/5/00 -0500, David Whitmore wrote:
>Isn't that like saying "Use a WYSIWYG tool, it's much better than
>handcoding HTML?
>Maybe the goal is to teach a foundation of programming, without
>the distractions of visual effects.
>David
>
>Terry wrote:
>> 
>> > Rachel Sz wrote:
>> >
>> >  JMJ
>> >
>> >  This is not an HTML question but in a way it is . I want to teach our
>> >  younger sons QBASIC, but I need to know if there is a program that I can
>> >  download that will allow me to do this.
>> >  Rachel
>> 
>> Look on the Windows 95 CD. There is a folder there that has it. I can't
>> remember the name of the folder, but file find can locate it.
>> 
>> Question:
>> 
>> Why would you want to subject your children to that particular language?
The
>> world has come a long way in terms of programming since the '70s. Other
than
>> some little meaningless scripts, Basic is useless.
>> 
>> Look at www.python.org for a good, easy to learn, powerful, object oriented
>> programming language.
>
>

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