12 May
1999
12 May
'99
4:59 a.m.
On Wed, 12 May 1999, Hans Franke wrote:
There have been several Basic-alikes (could be only
Basic alikes,
or imposters, since true BASIC has to have line numbers) before
(like GFA-BASIC - available not only for the ST, but also PC and
Amiga).
Hmmm... As I recall, when the folk that created BASIC originally brought
out a 'new' version called "True BASIC" (to combat the MS mutations to
the
language), this newer version was 'line number optional'...
Of course, my memory could be a bit defective in this... Does anyone have
a copy of "True BASIC" that they could check on this?
-jim
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