12 May
1999
12 May
'99
9:07 a.m.
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(a)surfree.com)
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