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Well, since most 8-bit micros with ROM BASIC actually started up in BASIC, any BASIC you wrote without a line number executed immediately (and wasn't saved). So
by mrandish 2y ago
Well, since most 8-bit micros with ROM BASIC actually started up in BASIC, any BASIC you wrote without a line number executed immediately (and wasn't saved). So before you even got to goto and gosub labels, line numbers were useful for that.