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From: David Oppenheimer <davidopp AT megsinet DOT net>
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Subject: Re: DOS obselete? Programmers isnt needed???
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Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1999 00:27:25 -0400
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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Dear Chris,

Please read the section more carefully.  I think that M$ Visual Basic and
Visual C++ are overpriced and that their names are misleading.  I believe you
have interpreted my statement wrong if you think I find them desirable.



Chris Lee wrote:

> In article <37AA851E DOT 933E1CB8 AT megsinet DOT net>, davidopp AT megsinet DOT net says...
>  can guarantee that the
>
> >
> >Either ride the wave of the future or get crushed by it.  Those are the
> >choices.   In case you are wondering, Visual Basic and Visual C++ pale by
> >comparison to Sanscript and Prograph.  How they can even include "Visual"
> >in their names is beyond me.   If the fact that you can see the textual
> >code as you are writing it on a screen makes it visual, then let's start
> >referring to DJGPP as Visual DJGPP...LOL
>
> Load of bullshit. Can you say Linux/Unix? People like yourself who
> actually think Visual Basic and Visual C++ is something to be desired are
> laughed at by most Linux/Unix programers who for the most part can't stand
> these tools.