[vcf-midatlantic] Late-night BASIC support

[Dan Roganti]

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On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 2:08 PM, Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:

> There's no ELSE in Applesoft.




​yea, remember at one point
we had to emulate the IF/THEN/ELSE
by using the ON expr GOSUB line1,line2,line3....
but then we didn't need it any longer for that last job



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> On 02/16/2017 08:23 AM, Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
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>> I recommend reorganizing the code so that it isn't spaghetti code. New
>> BASIC programmers without formal training (e.g. a college course) tend to
>> structure code in "spaghetti" format. I recommend using more GOSUB calls
>> instead of GOTO. Make subroutines and use GOSUB. Also structure with IF
>> this THEN that ELSE something else. GOSUB x
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>> On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 1:55 AM Evan Koblentz via vcf-midatlantic <
>> vcf-midatlantic at lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
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>> Anyone up? I am fighting with Applesoft BASIC (and losing). Looking for
>>> late-night phone support...
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