QBASIC is a later version as well, and is not equal to ANSI standard basic.

Basic != Visual Basic

The correct way, in classic basic, to designate type was with a suffix- such as "A$" for a string variable named a and "I%" for a loop variable of type integer. DIM was short for "dimension" and was only used for arrays.

Now get off my interpreter, you young whippersnapper.

Goto. Just don't.

I am informed by the people I interview with that algorithms are called patterns now, just like the Common Gateway Interface became REpresentful State Transfer. The only way to stay employed past 40 is to keep up on the jargon.

See, that's what drives me crazy about alternate operating systems. Why would you paste to mark a block?

Sounds like a good reason to stay away from Linux and ARM

When faced with an army, I am very much against the concept of self defense. Cooperation is far more prudent.

The difference between a honest upstanding citizen who happens to be black, and the victim of a cop up on charges for murder, is how they react when faced with a gun. Those who choose fight or flight over cooperation in a police state, end up dead.

That explains a lot about your philosophy. Charitable Interpretation + Academic Freedom = Chaotic Heresy, every time.

You read the history of the Church, but you missed the history of the gay civil rights struggle from 1966-2004?

We expect the leadership of the Church to be sinners, is the difference.

Yes, they should. Completely agree with you there. Especially the Jesuits.

The Lavender Mafia wears purple.

They've also limited themselves to property crimes so far- they started with vandalism and arson, and have now progressed to the frivolous lawsuit scam.

Catholicism is specifically an anti-state-like organization. Power is limited to the least competent authority in the hierarchy, the higher you go, the less power you have.

Kind of like on Babylon 5- when Londo had no power, he had the freedom to do whatever he wished, when he became emperor of Alpha Centauri, he had zero freedom at all.

That's why I am against Article I Section 8 of the US Constitution. It reserves far too much power for the central government, and does not leave enough power with local cities and counties to protect themselves.

Libertarianism is full of meddlesome engineering- that's what Ludwig Von Mises was writing about. Yeah, it's not as outright evil as Stalin, but the intent is the same- engineer a system for maximum profit for a small group at the expense of everybody else.

but he only knew German, Dutch, Italian, and Portuguese.

"only"