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by kazinator 43 days ago
I had the same problem. Sometime in 1982. at age 11, I started working through a BASIC book and an Apple II computer. I was perplexed: what is this?

  10 X = X + 1
  20 Y = Y - X
If the computer is meant to solve two equations here, why not start with an example that has solutions??!