• Ephera@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        For me, it was simply that “BASIC” was spelled in capital letters. That’s generally how you spell it when referring to the programming language…

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          1 year ago

          Right? I was thinking the syntax was wrong (space in GoTo) and the og would not have accepted a string as a jump location.

          • raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world
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            1 year ago

            yeah, had I been the first to comment, I would have suggested “GOTO 4311” :D But I figured later basic allowed naming jump labels, so what the heck :)