Precede

[Sepmre]

Hi,

I would like to know what does this verb means in the below sentence.
I would appreciate any help

HP preceded HP-BASIC , and such is not as elegant.

Does it means that, HP existed before HP-BASIC? or It has been preferred?

Thanks

 

[Barb_D]

It came before.

The second half of the sentence is oddly phrased.

 

[Grumpy]

I agree that the second half of the sentence is odd. I suspect that it should read "...and as such is not as elegant." It's still clumsy, but understandable.