Date sent: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:34:04 -0700
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From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers" <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: Re: New-fangled languages (was: BASIC
> Line numbers were only "needed" when you didn't have an editor, they
> gave one the ability to replace lines in place by reusing their line
> numbers. It was quite elegant actually. If you edit your BASIC source
> code separately you only need targets for GOTO and GOSUB commands (which
> can be numbers or in cases like AmigaBASIC letters). I wrote a version
> of BASIC in Java that closely models BASIC-80 (aka Microsoft BASIC) and
> its available on my web site (and in a web browser window if you're
> patient.)
> --Chuck
> (http://www.professionals.com/~cmcmanis/)
NEAT!
(I'm just missing peek/pook to browse the internas :))
Gruss
H.
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Ich denke, also bin ich, also gut
HRK
Received on Thu May 13 1999 - 14:32:58 BST