Re: Rewrite BASIC language today?

"jj" <intel@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message news:fv7587$boh$1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> How about the average length of keywords? They must have been shortened
to
> fit in the tiny memories available. Was it good fortune that, say ABS,
is 
> the
> correct balance between economy and verbosity? Perhaps ABSOLUTE?

No, the original BASIC ran on a GE mainframe and had adequate core
(Known as RAM to you kids!) to run without chopping off the function
names.

Tom Lake