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Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)
russotto@grace.speakeasy.net (Matthew Russotto) wrote in
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> No. There's a difference between tokenizing and compiling. Zork was
> compiled. BASIC is traditionally tokenized.
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Do to the limit of text use. It simply was not necassary to go to deep.
BASIC programs themselve where much platform independent when the program
doesn't use things like POKE or PEEK or SYS commands.
Tokens themselves where actually platform independent.