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Re:Ask HN: Do you still code in BASIC? by stergios on Thursday December 12, 2019 @02:21PM (#21775301)
A friend once told me "Python is the Visual Basic of the Internet". That still brings a smile to my face.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you still code in BASIC? by ksaj on Thursday December 12, 2019 @02:55PM (#21775671)
Does it PEEK and POKE? That's all I ever cared about when I was learning BASIC.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you still code in BASIC? by IshKebab on Thursday December 12, 2019 @03:01PM (#21775734)
Python isn't used much on the internet. Surely they meant Javascript?
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Re:Ask HN: Do you still code in BASIC? by dharmab on Thursday December 12, 2019 @05:11PM (#21777110)
The Internet is a superset of the web, and has much more than just browser-based HTTP/TCP.
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Re:Ask HN: Do you still code in BASIC? by IshKebab on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @05:57PM (#21819878)
I am aware of that. I meant the internet, not the web.
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