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I don't think that quite explains it though. It wasn't as if the idea of a screen editor hadn't occurred to them. So if that was the reason it was because of c
by benj111 4y ago
I don't think that quite explains it though. It wasn't as if the idea of a screen editor hadn't occurred to them.
So if that was the reason it was because of compatibility.
There's probably also the issue of keeping the code text in memory, an issue when talking about the zx80 end of the /spectrum/
- Jtsummers 4y agoBASIC was from 1964, screen editors weren't a common thing at that point in history. Many of the implementations that made it into early home computers weren't too distantly altered from that original version.
- benj111 4y agoI mean at the point when basic was being ported to home computers, thus the comment about backward compatibility.