FC>> INCR TWIRLEY   ' would be slightly faster
 > If Powerbasic is reasonably "smart", both lines would 
 > probably generate identical machine code (assuming it's an 
 > integer).
I just tried it.  The .EXE file 18,256 bytes long in both cases, as follows:
x%=1
incr x%
and
x%=1
x%=x%+1
DOS FC.EXE shows about a dozen differences in the .EXE, though, for whatever 
reason.
--- Msgedsq 2.2e
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