HP "calculators" (was Re: World's first computer on ebay!) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Apr 2007

-------------Original Message:
Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 10:37:11 -0400 (EDT)
From: der Mouse <mouse at Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
Subject: Re: HP "calculators" (was Re: World's first computer on
	ebay!)

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 > The odd thing is that GWBASIC will pass a
statement of the form
> X=Y=7, but Y will be 0 and X will be -1 at the conclusion of
> execution, regardless of the value of y or x at the beginning.
> OTOH, LET X=Y=3  will set both X and Y  to 0.  GWBASIC is full of
> stuff like this. 
...
  Eh???? Did I miss something? 
Yes, I think so.

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  Those are not multiple assignments but very useful
logical tests. 
Then why do they change Y?

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They don't. That's why I think I must have missed something.

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