EDSAC on your desk.

From: William Donzelli <william_at_ans.net>
Date: Mon Sep 21 00:23:44 1998

> The most absolute way to ensure old machine simulators live on is by
> developing a human-understable pseudo-programming language that's based on
> logic flow diagrams, then converting all the simulators into this
> language, then getting it standardized, then fending off all the microsoft
> "improvements", then suing them for corrupting the language...
>
> Or just write them in BASIC. Everyone knows BASIC, and despite best
> efforts, its not going away.

I would pick ANSI C. It is not going away either, has a formal standard,
and if coded properly (not straying from the ANSI standard), will be
portable.
 
> BASIC RULES!

What are the BASIC rules?

William Donzelli
william_at_ans.net
Received on Mon Sep 21 1998 - 00:23:44 BST