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From: ndiamond@watdaisy.UUCP (Norman Diamond)
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Subject: Re: \"Stamp out BASIC\" committee
Message-ID: <6806@watdaisy.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 9-Dec-84 10:44:59 EST
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Posted: Sun Dec  9 10:44:59 1984
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>>>	'How do I apply for membership in the "Stamp Out BASIC
>>>	Committee"?'
>>
>>	Yeah!  Stamp out BASIC!  Here at Tektronix we stamp out lots of BASICs
>>	every day, some in ROMs and some on disks.  We sell them to
>>	applications programmers and make piles of money.
>
>	This is the key to the problem with "Stamping" out BASIC, FORTRAN,
> or whatever. As long as there are applications programmers there will be
> such "languages??". I suggest the formation of a "STAMP OUT APPLICATIONS
> PROGRAMMERS" committee,

Stamp out all requirements for computers!

-- Norman Diamond

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