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Basic was created 11 years before Scheme, and VB was itself derived from Basic, so would have had much of the same design decisions and considerations as a resu
by mynameisvlad 4y ago
Basic was created 11 years before Scheme, and VB was itself derived from Basic, so would have had much of the same design decisions and considerations as a result.
- ptx 4y agoThe question I was addressing was whether it was "easy to understand". I'm sure there are explanations for why it's such a complicated language, such as e.g. the "call" statement probably being there for compatibility with QBASIC which required it in some corner cases.