13 Jan
1999
13 Jan
'99
11:13 a.m.
Absolutely. My high school CS teacher (who came into the math world from the
CS world) insisted on good structured BASIC. Didn't realise at the time that
she was preparing us for structured languages, but it sure made the transition
easier.
Do you know that you ca structure you BASIC code also? I haven't used a GOTO
statement in BASIC since I learned C.
ways.
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Jim Strickland
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> The main reason that *I* am aware of with
people being down on BASIC is
that
it, in a
sense, encourages writing spagetti code (probably with the
inappropriate use of the GOTO statement.)
Actually, that too is a learning experience. You only build one spaghetti
program that you'd like to maintain before you learn the error of your
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Jim Strickland
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