[Tutor] Functions !

[alan.gauld@bt.com]

> They are similar.  I never did enough BASIC programming to really call
> it programming, but from other posts on this list I believe that BASIC
> subroutines have no local variables or arguments -- everything is
> global instead.  

True of old BASICs, certainly of Commodore C64 vintage!
Modern BASICs (c1985 on) allow both parameter passing and 
local variables.

Minor clarification of no direct relevance :-)

Alan g