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Fortunately for you BASIC has risen from the dead. It's now been ported to the <a href="http://use.perl.org/article.pl?sid=02/04/11/1714201">Parrot runtime engine</a>. And for you naysayers who think BASIC is all washed up, it's even more advanced than Perl 6!
<table border=1>
<tr><td>Feature</td><td><b>BASIC</b></td><td><b>Perl 6</b></td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Easy to learn syntax</b></td><td>Yes!</td><td>Still Unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Large base of existing software</b></td><td>Yes!</td><td>Still Unknown</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Speed</b></td><td>Faster than Perl 6!</td><td>Stationary</td></tr>
<tr><td><b>Runtime</b></td><td>Parrot</td><td>Still unimplemented</td></tr>
</table>
And much, much more.
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<small><small><small>:)</small></small></small>
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