Date   : Wed, 01 Dec 1999 00:11:54 +0000
From   : Steven Flintham <steven@...>
Subject: Re: Basic compiler

On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 09:30:29AM -0800, Angus Duggan wrote:
> Brian Widdas writes:
> >But it does have the ability to read and write bytes, integers (4 bytes)
> >and strings to memory, which can be used to some extent to replicate
> >records. I can't remember off-hand if it does reals (5 bytes) or not.
> 
> Yes, it does.

Are you sure? ISTR this was a new feature in BBC BASIC V. Maybe BBC
BASIC IV (in the Master) supported it, but IIRC BBC BASIC I/II didn't
provide indirection operators for operating on 5-byte reals.

Steven