From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Announcement: OmniBasic Version 1.27
Date: 29 Aug 1997 07:18:05 GMT
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"Michael L. Smith" (mlsmith AT ktis DOT net) writes:
> C Version:
> 
> int i;
> int x;
> 
> main()
> {
> for(i=1; i<1000000000; i++) x=i;
> }
> 
> Basic Version: (identical version used for both OmniBasic and Power
> Basic)
> 
>  dim i as long
>  dim x as long
> 
>  for i=1 to 1000000000
>         x=i
>  next i


Sounds like a brain-damaged BASIC to me. It turns a loop meant to go from
1 to 1000000000 into a loop that goes from 1 to 999999999! :-)

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