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in reply to Re: Favorite programming language, other than Perl:
in thread Favorite programming language, other than Perl:

Fortunately for you BASIC has risen from the dead. It's now been ported to the Parrot runtime engine. And for you naysayers who think BASIC is all washed up, it's even more advanced than Perl 6!
FeatureBASICPerl 6
Easy to learn syntaxYes!Still Unknown
Large base of existing softwareYes!Still Unknown
SpeedFaster than Perl 6!Stationary
RuntimeParrotStill unimplemented
And much, much more.

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