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Re:Most(LY Dead) Influential Programming Languages (2020) by alwillis on Sunday December 18, 2022 @08:00PM (#34046752)
> variables limited to numbers and strings

Not true. When I learned Applesoft BASIC in 1978–79 on an Apple ][+, it had arrays.

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Re:Most(LY Dead) Influential Programming Languages (2020) by dragonwriter on Sunday December 18, 2022 @08:40PM (#34047135)
Correct, numbers, strings, and arrays of each of those would have been more accurate.
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Re:Most(LY Dead) Influential Programming Languages (2020) by xxs on Monday December 19, 2022 @02:23AM (#34049433)
defined via 'dim'
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