I think you misinterpreted it. Although I understand your point, allow me to explain what I meant by it.I dont think your post above will stay on this forum for long.
When I said, 'BASIC was MADE for idiots', I meant that the language was not created with people that have an IQ higher than 12 in mind- it's meant to be crash proof, so that no unknowing buyer makes a quick program, then ends up crashing their calculator.
What I did not say was 'BASIC is ONLY for idiots'... meaning that there are people who can make it almost as powerful as assembly- like you, Kevin (btw we have the same name ). So, T.I is not going to risk the situation Patori stated.
Which means that, when they were deciding whether or not to include archiving programs, they said 'BASIC is not being made for advanced programmers. So if it can crash the calc in the hands of an idiot, we won't include archiving prgms'.
Sorry for the long explanation, I just didn't want that post to be take the wrong way. Remember, there is a difference between MADE for, and ONLY for. Perhaps I should have said 'made with idiots in mind'.
EDIT #1: originally stated 'sorry for the explanation'. added long.
EDIT #2: Oh, yeah, Kevin, I thought you might want to know that I'm proud to be a BASIC programmer too- as well as assembly. In fact, I'm about 75% done with my own RPG in TI-BASIC, called Dragon Tears.