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Keystroke Programming: Labels vs. Line Numbers
11-04-2014, 10:00 PM
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RE: Keystroke Programming: Labels vs. Line Numbers
Labels, all the way! I find the 12C painful to program, for just this reason. The shifting nature of line numbers requires a "two-pass" approach to writing and entering a program, which labels do not suffer from.

Even the 71B's BASIC, which supports line numbers - with automatic line renumbering - as a destination, also supports alpha labels. They convey more meaning, making them cognitively easier to deal with.
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