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Re: help location a BASIC programming manual textbook



Eric wrote:
On Jun 12, 9:24 am, "William Garber" <willy4...@garberstreet.com>
wrote:


Here is an interesting BASIC reference. It is
mostly math oriented, but it'll get you started.

https://www.garberstreet.com/Apple2/Docs/BASIC_Oct64.pdf


They slashed their letter "O", not the number zero. See GOSUB and FOR.

Back in the 1960s, that was the common programming convention.
IBM taught it.

It was also popular to put a dot inside Ohs, or to write them square,
as they were printed by IBM keypunches.

-michael

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