Re: Integer BASIC's "*** NO END ERR"

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Vince Briel wrote:
> Write Woz and ask. IIRC he wrote Integer Basic for both the Apple 1 and 
> Apple II at the same time while the II was still in prototype form. I also 
> read that he had never used Basic before and was just going off of things he 
> read about the language when he developed Integer Basic, so that would 
> really answer the question.

I'd be quite surprised if he hadn't used HP 3000 BASIC--he based
Integer BASIC on a subset of that.

While some seem to regard adding an END as onerous, most languages
treat it as an appropriate necessity.

-michael

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