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- Known Bugs, Limitations, and Peculiarities
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- Hopefully this section will remain small. We have, however,
- decided to not ignore the fact, like some manufacturers do,
- that there will be forever bugs and other strange things in
- the system. To expect us to be perfect is asking too much,
- but we will at least work toward that objective. In that
- direction, we have already spent several months searching
- for these vermin, and exterminating them as quickly as
- possible. But we know that our customers will find some for
- us, so we'd appreciate it if you would let us know, preferably
- in writing, when you see any of these creatures creeping about.
- This page of the manual will change from one release to the
- next, with an effort to make the page match the release.
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- CTL STK ERROR message is somewhat obscure.
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- A space is required after all statements.
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- Assignments of values to variables are not allowed in command
- mode unless the variable has been previously defined in a
- program.
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- The expression 1/2 will evaluate to 0, since integer mode
- is retained until a floating point value is seen. Use the
- expression 1./2 or 1/2. to get the correct answer of .5 .
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- The LET statement name gets put in if you don't use it.
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- Parentheses may get rearranged to an equivalent sequence.
- This is a product of the way expressions are represented internally.
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- Tabs are not allowed in the middle of a statement.
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- Random numbers evidently always end in the digit 5.
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- If an array is DIMensioned to size n, an attempt to print array(n+1)
- will print garbage instead of giving an error message.
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- Two colons in a row in a statement line will cause a crash.
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- When entering a number in exponential (E) format, always put either
- a space, minus sign, or plus sign after the E, then two digits.
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- The logical expression NOT -1 produces an error message.
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- Sometimes goes into ENTRY mode at the wrong time.
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- After filling up memory with statements, error messages
- are incorrect.
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- In EDIT, if you delete too many characters, it backs up.
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- Negative offset to line descriptor doesn't always work right.
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- HEX$ returns with leading zeroes.
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