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Re: What is advanced? (was Pascal to Basic converter)

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From: jkoss
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 1997 00:00
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On 1997-02-15 rls2497@scully.tamu.edu(RandallLeroySpeaks) said:
   >Newsgroups: alt.lang.basic,comp.lang.pascal.borland,fr.comp.lang.

   >i was wondering how long it would take before a pascal-lover played
   >an ace.  pointers are a somewhat advanced concept that standard
   >basic does not utiliize. in that respect, pascal is more advanced.

   Just because (standard) basic doesn't have a "pointer type" doesn't mean
basic doesn't support pointers.

   xptr = varptr(x)

J. Koss (jkoss@snet.net)

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