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From: MIKE ROSS 
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 04 12:01:50 +0200
Subject: Pythagorean triples
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"Jasen Betts" bravely wrote to "MIKE ROSS" (12 Aug 04  13:55:39)
 --- on the heady topic of "Pythagorean triples"


 MR> BTW I think using the variable Time! may be risky because the word is
 MR> a token for the TIME$ function. Stuff like that may not trigger an
 MR> error outright but it may confuse things when errors do happen.

 JB> the token is TIME$, is it a function if it's an L-value (it can appaer
 JB> left of = in an assignment)   hmm mid$(...) is an L-value too.

I only commented because the QB error handler got funky sometimes when
under an error condition especially with string variables. It seemed
to be a sensitive weak point with QB.

 M*i*k*e

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