syatem command and dummy fields

[Jay R. Ashworth]

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 05:00:17AM -0400, Fairlight wrote:
> > BASIC->BATCH->BASIC->BATCH->BASIC
> > 
> > I thought it extremely elegant at the time, but I was also, like 17.
> > It was probably hackery of the worst order.  ;-)
> 
> I think we've all done that at some early point.  :)
> 
> Now, of course, I prefer to move any recursion inside the program.  :)

Sure.  *If your 'language' has enough power*.

The Datamaster's BASIC couldn't affect the system and couldn't even
SYSTEM out.  You had to write a batch file, *that would CHAIN back into
BASIC when done*, then CHAIN to it.

And they didn't *recommend* this, you understand.  We had to invent it.

Ugly, ugly machine.  I'd still like to get one, though.

Cheers,
-- jra
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