Computers for children - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

13 Jan 1999

At 06:44 AM 1/13/99 -0800, you wrote:
...
 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. 
While-Wend (and Do While/Do Until) is just a shortcut for using If/Goto:

Do While Flag <> True 
  do some stuff
  If condition then
     Set Flag to True
  end-if
loop

is the same as

:loop-in
If Flag = True Then 
   Goto loop-out
end-if
do some stuff
If condition Then
   Set Flag to True
end-if 
Goto loop-in
:loop-out

Spaghetti code is caused by bad programmers, not bad programming languages.  

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