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   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > On Wed, 5 Mar 2025 20:48:45 +1100, Daniel70 wrote:   
   >   
   > > That was the reason stated when I started BASIC Programming (1985'ish   
   > > .... O./K., so I was a late comer!!) "Number the Lines 10, 20, 30, etc,   
   > > so, if you need to add a bit extra, there were all those other line   
   > > numbers to use!!"   
   >   
   > Some of us went by hundreds.   
   >   
   > BASIC was designed as an integral part of an interactive timeshared system   
   > for students and staff to use at Dartmouth. Line numbers served two   
   > purposes: one as target labels for GOTOs, the other for ordering lines in   
   > the editor.   
   >   
   > Both uses are now obsolete.   
      
     Was that by any chance one of the HP 2000 Series Timesharing Systems?   
      
     I supported those in the early 70s, mainly at the technical   
   'hogescholen' (one level below university) in The Netherlands.   
      
   > By the way, did you have some kind of line-renumbering utility in your   
   > BASIC system? That would also fix up GOTOs to correctly branch to the   
   > renumbered lines.   
      
     Wasn't 'renumber' (or 'ren'?) just a command? Or is my memory playing   
   tricks with me?   
      
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