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From: robert@cheviot.UUCP (Robert Stroud)
Newsgroups: net.lang
Subject: Re: Another Basic.
Message-ID: <275@cheviot.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 1-Mar-85 11:37:11 EST
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Posted: Fri Mar  1 11:37:11 1985
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References: <2778@dartvax.UUCP> <775@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA>
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In article <775@ucbtopaz.CC.Berkeley.ARPA> mwm@ucbtopaz.UUCP (Praiser of Bob) writes:
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>I'll say the latest ANSII standard BASIC is a far cry from anything running
>on a micro. As far as I know, it's a far cry from anything running, period.
>(Well, PL/I may be an exception :-).  Does anybody know if anyone has tried
>to build an ANSI standard BASIC system (compiler, interpreter, whatever)?

I believe that a new British micro, the Elan Enterprise runs something that's
pretty close to ANSI Basic. It sells for around 250 pounds (or dollars :-)!

According to the review in the November 1984 copy of Personal Computer World
that I am basing this on....

"The Basic is supplied on a cartridge & is a version of ANSI standard Basic,
extended (sic!) with structured features, graphics, sound and links to the
operating system".

Mind you, it runs pretty slowly! Another British first?? (:-)

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