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" During the late '70s, C began to replace BASIC as the standard microcomputer language," : BASIC was never a "Standard" programming language in the '70s. It was a ''teaching'' language. Only with the rise of MS's Visual basic did it become a real-world language, and it's still very limited in its application (it's mostly useful for GUIs). [[User:Orthogonal|orthogonal]] 04:01, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)
:I think it depends on how you interpret the word "standard". If you mean "defined by formal written standards", then I'd agree that BASIC is not, and has never been, a standard language. But I don't think that's what's meant here. During the late 1970s, microcomputers were typically programmed in either assembly or BASIC - consider as examples the MITS Altair 8800 & 680, Commodore Pet, TRS-80, Apple 2, VIC-20 and Commodore 64. I'm rather suspicious of the IBM(1981) reference, though: I was using IBM PC's in 1989 and there wasn't a hint of C on them. -- [[User:Ortonmc|Ortonmc]] 04:15, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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'C++ (thus avoiding the issue of whether the successor to "B" and "C" should be "D" or "P".)' Why would it be "P"? -- [[User:Ortonmc|Ortonmc]] 04:15, 26 Nov 2003 (UTC)
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