> I guess that what I am saying is this: there really is room for
> easy-to-use languages like JAL and BASIC as well as the higher-end
> languages like C.

First I think as a language Jal is much more like C or Pascal than=20
Basic. It is of course different in the fact that it is not backed by a=20
company but by a bunch of volunteers.

As for the 'room' for various languages (or chips, IDEs, PCB/schematic=20
programs, etc): you can theorize to your hearts content, but the real=20
test is the world 'out there'...

My E0.01 of theorizing: there is always room for a spectrum of=20
languages, ranging from the 'easy for a small program, but hard for a=20
large one' (BASIC seems to rule here) to 'hard to start, but you can=20
write big applications without too much trouble' (on PICs for most=20
people this means C).

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