Re: Forbidden variables in BASIC

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I would have to look through the code, but if I remember correctly, it is
an option I put in.


On Fri, May 15, 2026, 21:41 Allen Huffman via Coco <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On May 15, 2026, at 8:24=E2=80=AFPM, Alex Evans via Coco <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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 compac=
ting
> method speeds up BASIC =E2=80=94 here is a side-by-side video:
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> Sadly, only shared it to Facebook:
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<div dir=3D"auto">I would have to look through the code, but if I remember =
correctly, it is an option I put in.<div dir=3D"auto"><br></div></div><br><=
div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"g=
mail_attr">On Fri, May 15, 2026, 21:41 Allen Huffman via Coco &lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wro=
te:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;b=
order-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style=3D"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 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
i.edu" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">[email protected]</a>&g=
t; wrote:</div><br><div><div dir=3D"ltr">of course if you use longer variab=
le names you start collating=C2=A0with even more tokens.</div></div></block=
quote><br></div><div>Alex, do you avoid making forbidden variable names?</d=
iv><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 vide=
o:</div><div><br></div><div>Sadly, only shared it to Facebook:</div><div><b=
r></div><div><a href=3D"https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18cX1F75Fi/" targe=
t=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">https://www.facebook.com/share/v/18cX1F75Fi=
/</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>-- <br>
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