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... beginning of the loop , we would have to remember to change line 480. In each of these cases the weakness is that line numbers as addresses for GOTO or IF statements point to a physical location , not to a logical address . Thus , in ...
... beginning of the loop , we would have to remember to change line 480. In each of these cases the weakness is that line numbers as addresses for GOTO or IF statements point to a physical location , not to a logical address . Thus , in ...
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... beginning of b $ . If b $ does not occur after character ch , the answer is 0 . Some examples will make this clearer . For each we show what a $ and b $ are , what ch equals , and the value of pos : a $ b $ ch scatter cat matter cat ...
... beginning of b $ . If b $ does not occur after character ch , the answer is 0 . Some examples will make this clearer . For each we show what a $ and b $ are , what ch equals , and the value of pos : a $ b $ ch scatter cat matter cat ...
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... beginning students an extremely simple language for learning the concepts of programming , including recursion , through plotting . WHAT ABOUT PASCAL ? Pascal is the language most widely used for computer science instruc- tion.3 It is a ...
... beginning students an extremely simple language for learning the concepts of programming , including recursion , through plotting . WHAT ABOUT PASCAL ? Pascal is the language most widely used for computer science instruc- tion.3 It is a ...
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ALGOL answer arrays assembly language BASIC programs BASIC the Sixth batch processing calculations CALL chapter characters COBOL contains correct Dartmouth BASIC debug declare designed die2 DIM statement DO-LOOP draw END SUB SUB error messages example FORTRAN fully structured function GOSUB GOTO statements graphics guess hardware IF-THEN-ELSE implementation indentation integer interactive John Kemeny KEMENY keyword KURTZ LET diel LET sum line numbers list vector LOGO lowercase m-guess machine main program MAT statements mergesort middle exit needed number of words optional Pascal personal computers PICTURE player PLOT plotter preprocessor prettyprint PRINT The root PRINT You lose PRINT You win problem recursion routines SET COLOR SET WINDOW simple program sort Standard BASIC stars Street BASIC structured constructs structured programming subprograms subroutine time-sharing system True BASIC turtle graphics uppercase variable names vector version of BASIC write