> I still use TurboPascal when fiddling with TurboCNC. 

Which probably doesn't make up a big chunk of your income.


Yeah, not a big earner  :)


> > That said, the differences are often just perception, BASIC is for
> > little kiddies, Pascal for quiche-eating professors, and 'Real Men'
> > (TM) use C.
> 
> Not sure where the people are that perceive it like this, but not around
> where I make my money. VB /is/ a professional tool, so is Delphi. And
> nobody in his right mind would use C (or pay for someone using C) for
> something these two are usually used.


Oh, they're alive and well (and probably posting on the list).  The comment
made earlier when someone said a product sold by a list member should be
called !C instead of Basic shows it's still there.  Add the 'M$ windoze'
folk to the list.  We know it sucks so get a new joke (one you made yourself
would be better).  Then there's the 'dot net sucks' bandwagon crowd too.
Nothing changes.  


> > No-one needs the 'power' that C gives you these days, it's all
> > libraries, web apps and front-ends for SQL databases.  You don't need
> > C for that.
> 
> Nobody really uses it (professionally) for that. But then, check out
> what the SQL databases are written in... Chances are it's not a BASIC or
> Pascal dialect. (Which again is not to say they couldn't be; just that
> they aren't.)


Sure, hands up all those here who write SQL databases.  Uh-huh.  Those
people might need C (or assembler) but not the rest of us.  I still come
across people developing applications in C++ because 'C is better'.  Never
mind you could probably replicate their app in a spreadsheet.

Tony

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