Re: Forbidden variables in BASIC
Allen Huffman via Coco <[email protected]> Fri, 15 May 2026 20:40:28 -0500
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--===============4207917471712974804== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_2629D148-B80B-472C-ABC4-DF2B9297A9C1" --Apple-Mail=_2629D148-B80B-472C-ABC4-DF2B9297A9C1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > On May 15, 2026, at 8:24=E2=80=AFPM, Alex Evans via Coco = <[email protected]> wrote: >=20 > of course if you use longer variable names you start collating with = even more tokens. Alex, do you avoid making forbidden variable names? Does everyone here know about Alex=E2=80=99s tools? Just using his = compacting method speeds up BASIC =E2=80=94 here is a side-by-side = video: Sadly, only shared it to Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18cX1F75Fi/ --Apple-Mail=_2629D148-B80B-472C-ABC4-DF2B9297A9C1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html aria-label=3D"message body"><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" = content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body = style=3D"overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = line-break: after-white-space;"><div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div>On = May 15, 2026, at 8:24=E2=80=AFPM, Alex Evans via Coco = <[email protected]> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir=3D"ltr">of course if = you use longer variable names you start collating with even more = tokens.</div></div></blockquote><br></div><div>Alex, do you avoid making = forbidden variable names?</div><br><div>Does everyone here know about = Alex=E2=80=99s tools? Just using his compacting method speeds up BASIC = =E2=80=94 here is a side-by-side video:</div><div><br></div><div>Sadly, = only shared it to Facebook:</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18cX1F75Fi/">https://www.facebook= .com/share/v/18cX1F75Fi/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></h= tml>= --Apple-Mail=_2629D148-B80B-472C-ABC4-DF2B9297A9C1-- --===============4207917471712974804== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline -- Coco mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.adelphi.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/coco --===============4207917471712974804==--