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by gadders 928 days ago
The other big difference with BBC Basic was that it had functions. The other version of Basic I used only had Subroutines accessed via Gosub.
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justinlloyd 928 days ago
Not just functions, but procedures too, and local variables. DEF PROC, DEF FN, and LOCAL.
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gadders 927 days ago
Yeah, I never got that close access to one, unfortunately. I was a Dragon 32 kid, and only because my Dad bought me one cheap when they went bust.
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justinlloyd 925 days ago
And that is also why Dragon Data owes me about 4,000 UKP (in 1980's money).
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