BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 06-09-92 (19:53) Number: 129 From: BUTCH ADAMS Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: Looky-here Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
Here is an interesting thing I picked up in one of these
magazines in this stack over here this month:
First run this.....
Print TIME$
For x = 1 to 10
For y = 1 to 10000
a = y
Next y
Print x
Next x
Print TIME$
now add DEFINT A-Z to the top of the code and run again.
I knew to use integers whenever possible but I had no idea
the difference was this astounding!
B.
--- Maximus 2.01wb
* Origin: Programmers do it in code. (1:271/29)

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