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Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

Subject: Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
From: adam@fsf.net (Adam Thornton)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:38:38 +0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm, comp.sys.apple2, rec.games.video.classic, comp.os.cpm
Organization: Doghair Drifts
References: <7a1fd8df.0301181540.30e19a40@posting.google.com> <bd287a$6b1$2@newsg2.svr.pol.co.uk> <bd2p93$f8r$5@titan.btinternet.com> <bda1g7$sr4$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>
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In article <bda1g7$sr4$1@newsg1.svr.pol.co.uk>,
John Moore <butter_pat_head@jcom.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>Did the
>first ever BASIC have commands that allowed direct memory access?  I would
>be slighly suprised if they did.

Nope.

1964 Dartmouth BASIC contained fourteen instructions and REM:

PRINT
GO TO
IF...THEN
FOR...NEXT
DATA...READ
GOSUB...RETURN
DIM
LET
REM
DEF
END

Adam

References:
- Computing Editorial (please read)
  - From: pap3@dana.ucc.nau.edu (Paul Allen Panks)
- Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
  - From: "John Moore" <butter_pat_head@jcom.freeserve.co.uk>
- Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
  - From: "Kevin Lawton" <kepla@btinternet.com>
- Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
  - From: "John Moore" <butter_pat_head@jcom.freeserve.co.uk>

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