BASIC

From: Max Eskin <max82_at_surfree.com>
Date: Wed May 12 16:07:50 1999

On Wed, 12 May 1999, Tony Duell wrote:
>It sure makes me feel old :-). The second language I ever learnt was
>line-numbered BASIC. [The first? SC/MP machine code :-)]

In every BASIC I've seen, the numbers of the lines don't matter, as long
as they're in ascending order.

678 PRINT "HELLO"
792 GOTO 678

is as good as

1 PRINT "HELLO"
2 GOTO 1

Was this always the case?
--Max Eskin (max82_at_surfree.com)
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Received on Wed May 12 1999 - 16:07:50 BST

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