13 Jan
1999
13 Jan
'99
9:51 a.m.
Cameron Kaiser said...
|
|::Do you know that you ca structure you BASIC code also? I haven't used a GOTO
|::statement in BASIC since I learned C.
|
|But not in most microcomputer BASICs. The Apple II, Atari and C64 all lack
|BEGIN-BEND, WHILE-WEND, block IFs; the 64 doesn't even have ELSE.
But you can still fake it. A few, simple standards gone a long way.
At the sam etime, tracing through spaghetti code is instructive,
and will help when you're debugging Janus as it's attempting to
kill you.
-Miles