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Applesoft BASIC only uses the first two characters (!) to distinguish one variable name from another. WAGON and WATER would be the same. (page 7) https://mirr
by bluedino 2y ago
Applesoft BASIC only uses the first two characters (!) to distinguish one variable name from another. WAGON and WATER would be the same.
(page 7)
https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%20II%20Documentation%20Project/Software/Languages/Applesoft%20BASIC/Manuals/Applesoft%20II%20BASIC%20Programming%20Reference%20Manual.pdf https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/Apple%20II%20Documentation%20P...
- Mountain_Skies 2y agoThat was true of most BASIC dialects of that era. Many hard to track down bugs were introduced when programmers didn't understand this and had WATER overwrite WAGON.
- nubinetwork 2y agoPretty sure the c64 did the same thing...
- sedatk 2y agoAmstrad CPC's Locomotive BASIC supported up to 40 character variable names with no trimming.
- classichasclass 2y agoThis is generally true of most 6502 Microsoft BASIC derivatives, Apple and Commodore included.