1. Only ALGOL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL)-derived languages like Pascal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal_programming_language) and C (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_programming_language) require/accept the semicolon an an expression terminator. BASIC (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC_programming_language) requires newlines instead (non free form syntax). 2. BASIC is non case sensitive for it was used on machines with not enough characters to provide for both minuscule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule) and majuscule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majuscule), and thus it is canonically written in ALL CAPS. 3. l33t is BAD. 4. Nobody likes a know-it-all. :-(
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Date: 2005-11-20 03:49 pm (UTC)2. BASIC is non case sensitive for it was used on machines with not enough characters to provide for both minuscule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuscule) and majuscule (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majuscule), and thus it is canonically written in ALL CAPS.
3. l33t is BAD.
4. Nobody likes a know-it-all. :-(