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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.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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