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Date: Sat, 3 Jan 1998 20:39:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Paul W Brannan <pbranna AT CLEMSON DOT EDU>
To: Flash Braden <anathema AT ix21 DOT ix DOT netcom DOT com>
cc: OpenDOS <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: Answers!
In-Reply-To: <3.0.16.19980102214118.3df70018@popd.ix.netcom.com>
Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980103203756.3831B-100000@oldcap.clemson.edu>
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> Basic to C translator?  Are you fishing for flames?

That's actually not a bad idea.  Most BASIC compilers are terrible at
optimization, though a good BASIC to C translator would allow people who
don't know another language to write BASIC programs that are actually
somewhat efficient.  It shouldn't be more than a simple parser, hmm...


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