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   D Finnigan to I am Rob   
   Re: Some thoughts I had (Logo, turtle gr   
   23 Dec 23 01:17:55   
   
   From: dog_cow@macgui.com   
      
   I am Rob wrote:   
   >> That is very clever. I really like it. And yet, I'm not sure you've   
   >> convinced me. Haha. Because, while you're technically correct, I'm not   
   >> sure it would be good to use in a Logo-like, teaching scenario. It   
   >> would be more suited to a weed circle. Haha. I'm just kidding. I love   
   >> it. I was thinking more to the effect that BASIC doesn't have local   
   >> variables, but you solved the variables problem. I wonder if this is   
   >> how it is done in Assembly Language?   
   >   
   > Just be aware that the stack is limited for both LOGO, Applesoft and ML.   
   > It only has a 256 byte range.  Meaning each recursion puts 2-bytes on the   
   > stack for ML whereas each GOSUB will put 5 bytes on the stack.  Unsure   
   > what   
   > LOGO pushes on the stack.   
      
   But in this scenario, maybe you would just redesign your program logic to   
   use loops instead of recursion.   
      
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