Re: [ANN] tbas, the new BASIC interpreter for UNIX, is out

From	Antonio Maschio <ing.antonio.maschio@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.basic.misc
Subject	Re: [ANN] tbas, the new BASIC interpreter for UNIX, is out
Date	2018-04-29 09:01 +0200
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On 29/04/18 08:57, Antonio Maschio wrote:
> It's the first time I see patterns of `using` based on a numbered line,
> marked with `:` or `image`. It looks an unusual syntax, but may be it's
> useful to make the code more legible in some cases. By the way, I always
> wondered why the classic BASIC's `using` is just a modifier of `print`
> instead of an independent function, say `using$()`, which would be more
> versatile.

The : (colon) comes from DEC and IMAGE comes from another compiler (I 
don't remember which, now), and both were conceived in the Seventies, if 
I'm right...

> Finally, the non-standard special characters "&" (suspend loading) and
> "@" (stop loading) seem useful to include source documentation, but why
> two of them? I mean, maybe "&" could suspend loading not only until the
> next "&", but also until the end of file -- whatever comes first, thus
> making "@" almost unnecessary.

Well, You are right. Maybe I'll develop the & and @ comments in the 
sense you've indicated, but let me investigate the matter.

Thanks.

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[ANN] tbas, the new BASIC interpreter for UNIX, is out Antonio Maschio <ing.antonio.maschio@gmail.com> - 2017-09-23 09:23 +0200
  Re: [ANN] tbas, the new BASIC interpreter for UNIX, is out Bruce Axtens <snetxa@hotmail.com> - 2017-10-09 14:51 +0800
  Re: [ANN] tbas, the new BASIC interpreter for UNIX, is out Marcos Cruz <use_the_contact_page@programandala.net> - 2017-10-19 07:27 +0000
    Re: [ANN] tbas, the new BASIC interpreter for UNIX, is out Antonio Maschio <ing.antonio.maschio@gmail.com> - 2018-04-29 08:57 +0200
      Re: [ANN] tbas, the new BASIC interpreter for UNIX, is out Antonio Maschio <ing.antonio.maschio@gmail.com> - 2018-04-29 09:01 +0200
      Re: [ANN] tbas, the new BASIC interpreter for UNIX, is out Marcos Cruz <use_the_contact_page@programandala.net> - 2018-05-31 20:18 +0000

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