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From: David Hume <David.Hume@example.com>
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Subject: Re: BASIC is 50
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Rich <rich@example.com> writes:

> 10 LET X=100
> 20 PRINT $X

What's that $ sign doing there? I thought it was a mistake but no one
else mentioned it.