Subject: RE: [stella] BASIC functions - ADR() From: "Fred Quimby" <c9r@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 23:53:28 -0400 |
>10 GOSUB A > I'm not sure I've ever used a BASIC that allowed something like GOSUB A. Is this an Atari 8-bit BASIC thing? In that vein, I can't say I would miss something I never had. >So I think your kind of BASIC should allow the use of RAM-free aliases just >as assembler does, which would be resolved at compile time and never >actually use up RAM. > >In fact, I would try to just drop the line numbers completely, just as DASM >doesn't use line numbers. Once you have labels that you can use for GOTO >and GOSUB then you're pretty much covered as far as flow control goes. I think I'll make them optional, and allow alphanumeric labels too. Some may wish to code with line numbers, some may not. Personally, I'm accustomed to them since I used BASIC so much in the past. Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://stella.biglist.com
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