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Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector

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On 2016-02-22 23:46, gids.rs@sasktel.net wrote:
>> b) The first letter has to be an uppercase or lowercase letter, right?
>
> Lowercase letters can be entered in, but are always converted to uppercase.

This is only true of the IIc and later (incl the Enhanced IIe). The 
original IIe and earlier firmwares do not convert to uppercase. (Of 
course the II, and II+ keyboards don't produce lowercase, but there were 
software ways.)

And lowercase letters are are not valid in AppleSoft (or Integer BASIC) 
variable names.

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Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-02-20 20:33 -0800
  Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-02-22 13:58 -0800
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector "Anton Treuenfels" <teamtempest@yahoo.com> - 2016-02-22 17:55 -0600
    Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-02-22 21:46 -0800
      Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Benoit0123 <bgilon@free.fr> - 2016-02-23 15:33 +0000
        Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-02-23 08:09 -0800
          Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Benoit0123 <bgilon@free.fr> - 2016-02-23 18:08 +0000
            Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-02-23 12:52 -0600
              Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-02-23 12:15 -0800
                Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-02-24 00:46 -0600
            Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-02-23 21:47 -0800
      Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2016-02-28 04:51 -0600
        Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-02-29 23:09 +0000
          Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 09:05 -0800
            Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com> - 2016-03-01 18:04 +0000
              Re: Streamlining Applesoft - The garbage collector Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-03-01 12:22 -0800
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