A BASIC language standard

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From: Christy Gemmell
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 20:36

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MW>=  I was wondering if there was an ANSI standard for BASIC.

Indeed there is.  

ANSI X3.113-1987 details a language called Full BASIC. Although it
has some very powerful features, it's very different from modern 
compiled BASICs. Line numbers are still required, for example.

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 . 1st 1.02b #323 . 10 PRINT "Waiter, There's a bug in my LOOP": GOTO 10

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From: christy.gemmell@almac.co.uk (Christy Gemmell)
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Subject: A BASIC language standard
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Date: 21 Jan 93 20:36:00 GMT
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