12 May
1999
12 May
'99
10:51 a.m.
<678 PRINT "HELLO"
<792 GOTO 678
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<is as good as
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<1 PRINT "HELLO"
<2 GOTO 1
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<Was this always the case?
Yes! I started with Dartmuth basic on a GE tymeshare system in '68. Later
the various basics used on DEC PDP-8s. MITS BASIC (ALTAIR), Processor Tech
5k basic, LLLbasic, Tiny basic, Nibble, NS* basic all required line numbers
for every line and by default assending order. The FIRST basic I'd seen
with out line numbers for every line was Cbasic.
1 print "hello"
Goto 1
The first language I'd seen that didn't have that requirement was Fortran
on the 8I.
Allison
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