Ted Ashton wrote:

>Thus it was written in the epistle of Bruce Toback,
>> Larry Barnes writes:
>>
>> >Can anyone tell me what the following line of basic code means?
>> >
>> >COM LONG C1,C2,C3,S1[300]
>> >
>> >I'm dealing with the variable C1 it's used in defining the size of a
>> >disc file in a build statement.
>>
>> It means that C1 is a 32-bit integer (LONG) that's shared among
>> subprograms that call each other using INVOKE (COM).
>
>With due respect, I believe it's a long real.  I'd be delighted if BASIC had
>long integers :-).

You're absolutely right. On both counts.

Sorry about that.

-- Bruce


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