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The REM paradox and a scrambler for a three letter word
I just coded a scrambler for a three letter word. Download the PDF to see the code. The code includes an REM statement. In QBASIC, an REM statement is something to remember, not proper code I suppose. Well, thinking about the matter more carefully, it is a paradox really. A person who uses an REM statement has clearly learnt some BASIC code. But a person who knows only this statement cannot make a program in BASIC which does anything, in which case there is good reason to say that they do not know how to code in BASIC. Is this competent BASIC code? 10 REM This is line 10. 20 REM This is line 20. 30 REM This is line 30.
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