On Wed, 11 Aug 2004 15:55:14 -0700 (PDT), Davd Brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fascinating. Except that it will be absurd for me to > switch to Linux for that purpose. Moreover, while > Linux will save the world from the horrors of Windows, > it will also set the stage for the Chinese to pull > their infamous SINUX gambit, under which we will all > be paying THEM royalties for operating systems, within > a few years. > > I apopreciate the suggestion re PYTHON. And yet... it > is most definitely YOU who miss the point. > > 1. I already know BASIC, so sitting with my son with > BASIC would be a straightforward thing. Any > reasonable man would expect to be allowed/able to do > so. > > 2. I am awash in books that offer simple line-by-line > tutorial programs. > > 3. All the rich guys at Microsoft got there via a > path that they have now closed to another generation. > It is insane that ANYONE should have to go hunting and > downloading in order to do simple things that anyone > with a PC could do ten years ago. > > I shall probably hunt/download python sometime... and > I deeply resent that I must at my age learn a new > language that will be obsolete in no time, just to > replicate WHAT ALREADY EXISTED VASTLY MORE > CONVENIENTLY. > > Again, this has been a 2 year search. If you do not > see the irony and frustration, please do not ridicule > me for seeing it. > > db >
Did you try here: http://www.freebyte.com/programming/#basic Gary -- #2 on google for liberal news "I don't try harder" _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
