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|    Oliver Thuns to Fabio Bizzi    |
|    CHRS: UTF-8 4    |
|    21 Oct 19 10:05:55    |
      REPLY: 2:335/364.1 5dad64a3       MSGID: 2:280/464.47@fidonet 5dad67f3       PID: GED+LNX 1.1.5-b20180707       CHRS: UTF-8 4       TZUTC: 0200       TID: CrashMail II/Linux 1.7               TK>> signs "//" mean a remark in a certain programming language. So I        TK>> started to use the remark sign of BASIC. :)               FB> I remember that the remark in basic war REM        FB> Which basic are you referring to with "'" as remark short form?              Microsft QuickBasic (1985) ... Visual Basic ... VBScript              In some FTN software config files it is ";"              Oli               * Origin: (2:280/464.47)       SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/2 154/10 203/0 221/0 227/114 229/354 426 452 1014       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 280/464 5003 5555 310/31 317/3 322/757       SEEN-BY: 342/200       PATH: 280/464 229/426           |
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