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The point in BASIC shouldn't be to really teach programming, but just give a kid the thrill of being able to type in something and seeing a computer do it after
by renewedrebecca 3y ago
The point in BASIC shouldn't be to really teach programming, but just give a kid the thrill of being able to type in something and seeing a computer do it after typing 'RUN'.
You don't need named subroutines for that, at all.
- teddyh 3y agoSome BASICs did have named functions. Reportedly, The BBC Micro one was an early example, and later BASICs on, say, Atari ST, Amiga and later BASICs on MS-DOS all had them.