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From: karrels@mcs.anl.gov (Edward L. Karrels)
Subject: Re: Why you should not use Tcl
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In article <kbibb.780791087@jafar> kbibb@jafar.qualcomm.com (Ken Bibb) writes:

   The syntax in Pascal and BASIC are not as clean as the syntax of LISP,
   Scheme, or even Prolog.  

   > That's where most people start off with anyway.

   "Most people" also use MS-DOS.  Does this mean that I should only use
   EDLIN as my programming editor?

EDLIN?  Please.  All COOL people use MS-DOS 6.22 with the highly
advanced, spell-checking, grammar-fixing, universal personal
assistant EDIT.COM (and QBASIC.EXE)!  Get out of the dark ages!

(YES, I am just kidding!)

--
Ed Karrels
karrels@mcs.anl.gov

What's the height of optimism?  A trombonist with a beeper.
