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Small thing, but could we have 'call' as a synonym for 'gosub'? Gosub is ancient baby language reminiscent of actual basic: 'Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code' from 70 years ago. Annex Basic is far removed from that!

Different Name for the same thing. Not needed imho öp ppl

[Local Link Removed for Guests] wrote: [Local Link Removed for Guests]Mon Jan 30, 2023 10:09 am Small thing, but could we have 'call' as a synonym for 'gosub'? Gosub is ancient baby language reminiscent of actual basic: 'Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code' from 70 years ago. Annex Basic is far removed from that!

Thanks Stuart, makes it more readable and makes BASIC look like assembler I love it
Universities have negatively hammered BASIC for Goto meanwhile in assembler you got Goto or Jump same thing.

In B4R, Basic for Android the call sub is omitted altogether, makes BASIC code more readable.

My post isn't intended for a rewrite Annex

Cheers,
Hanspeter

From another point of view, every ambiguous instruction would unnecessarily increase the size of the firmware and complicate its Online Help.
Annex's uniqueness highlights that the benefit of different languages are their differences, not similarities.

Gotta disagree - (Hey it's the internet...)

I use Annex because I come from years of using Microsoft BASIC in all its versions and Annex retains the basic syntax.
I also use(d) MC6800/6809 assembler for a good few years as well so I am not really biased.