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Sb: #5078-#Is Basic out of date?
Fm: Mike Knudsen 72467,1111
To: Jim Williams 72157,3524 (X)

A real question is how much POKEing a Basic program (including
Microware/Basic09) uses.  A POKE is just as good as a C pointer for blowing up
houses, hotels, whatever, if its address argument hasn't been set right.  Just
like a pointer.

"Serious" Basic programs are throwing PEEKs, POKEs, and VARPTRs all over the
place.  C just provides a more shorthand notation for these operations, grin. 
--mike k

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