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by thwg 617 days ago
Thanks for the pointer. And it makes it doubly confusing. Doesn't a reference to an obsolete, pre-modern language tarnish the reputation of Rust? Doesn't the creator of this project fear lawsuits from the legal team at The Basic Foundation?
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1. No, unless you actively disable your brain's pleasure center

2. No, because GOSUB (the Basic keyword) is not a trademarked term owned by The Basic Foundation

> unless you actively disable your brain's pleasure center

Wait, you can toggle that thing on and off? I knew I've been doing something wrong!

Oh no! Don't tarnish the rust!
> obsolete, pre-modern language

but enough about Visual Basic (which still has gosub)