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Also, if you save a basic program after running it, all the variable values from its previous execution are saved along with the code. It's not related to this question, but ZX Basic has another quirk that If statements on the same line separated by colons function similar to nested blocks in more advanced languages.

Paul Humphreys
– Paul Humphreys

2019-06-11 01:00:44 +00:00
Commented Jun 11, 2019 at 1:00
same as BBC BASIC's EVAL above. Not surprising, as Clive was going after the BBC educational contract too.

scruss
– scruss

2019-08-06 12:28:56 +00:00
Commented Aug 6, 2019 at 12:28

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