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   From: bv@wjv.com   
      
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   Scott Moore   wrote:   
   >Steve Foley wrote On 12/05/05 13:08,:   
   >> Back when I was programming an MAI/Basic 4, everything was tokenized.   
   >>   
   >> You could type in   
   >>   
   >> 10FORI=1TO10   
   >> 10 FOR I = 1 TO 10   
   >> 10     FOR I = 1TO10   
   >>   
   >> or anything else you could think of. When you typed 'list' you would get   
   >>   
   >> 0010 FOR I=1 TO 10   
   >>   
   >> I remember someone watching over my shoulder while I was writing code. They   
   >> couldn't believe the mess on the screen, because I never used the spacebar.   
   >> There was absolutely no point.   
      
   >There is no reason you cannot also tolkenize the spaces as well.   
   >Several Basics tolkenized spaces, and some had a special tolken   
   >that represented multiple spaces in one tolken.   
      
   The model I Level I always looked to me like it was a variant on   
   Chien's Tiny Basic. With a limit on variable being 1 character and   
   fitting everything in 4K it was normal. A lot of machines used   
   that variant of BASIC. I beleive the source for that is in the   
   second or third year of Dr. Dobbs Journ Of Computer Calisthenics   
   and Orthodontia - Running Light Without Overbyte.   
      
   >Ie., because you used a crappy basic does not mean they were all bad.   
      
   All of the Tiny Basics were the same.   
      
   Once you got to the Model I Level II was a product of Micro Soft   
   in Alberquerque New Mexico - before the move to Redmond.   
      
   Bill   
      
      
      
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