Re: My First Computer

[Simon Williams <*email*@*luddite.ca*>]

On 8 Feb 2003 10:38:42 -0800 steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius) wrote:

 
> Then again, some programmers writing in BASIC use *no* indent (indent
> is deleted in fact on some versions, like Applesoft).  That's hard as
> heck to read. :D

Funny, one of the things that made Applesoft click for me was the line
numbering combined with the GOTO statement. 

10 PRINT "HELLO"
20 GO TO 10

That's graspable on a purely intuitive level (at least for me), whereas
other languages that I'd previously attempted (applescript, metal, real
basic, etc) seemed much less obvious.

Well, I may not be a 'programmer' per se, but I have written quite a few
short programs that I find quite useful, and by golly I do use alot of
GOTOs.

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Simon Williams
Luddite Enterprises
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