I remember that one of the changes that "street" BASICs made was to make
the keyword "LET" be optional.
Thus, instead of writing
LET X = 3
you could write
X = 3
unfortunately, that further confused the issue of ASSIGNMENT versus EQUALITY,
and many beginners tried to write
3 = X
while they certainly would not have tried to write
LET 3 = X
Sorry, but off the top of my head, I can't recall the many other
differences.
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Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin(a)xenosoft.com