XPost: alt.lang.basic   
   From: rflowers@Tinbowlinggreen.com   
      
    wrote in message   
   news:1133817769.270492.50210@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...   
   > This was just part of it! Even more evil was that these BASIC's that   
   > supported this would interpret something like:   
   >   
   > 10 FORMAT=5   
   >   
   > as 10 FOR MAT=5   
   >   
   > and generate an error because it wasn't a valid FOR statement!   
   >   
   > EVIL!   
   >   
      
   And let's not forget something like:   
      
   10 FOR M=I to 10   
   instead of   
   10 FOR M=1 to 10   
      
   Depending on the circumstances, this   
   a) might work just fine every time,   
   b) work, but not correctly, or   
   c) work correctly some of the time, but not always.   
      
   But if I recall, it would NOT generate an error.   
      
   Of course, this is mainly a criticism of the poor character generation and   
   monitors of the day...   
      
   -- R Flowers   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)