John, I wasn't able to declare variables in any meaningful way to solve this problem. Only assignment seemed to work. Do you know a trick for that? steve
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 12:21 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <jho...@pobox.com> wrote: > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 5:13 AM Jeffrey Birt <bir...@soigeneris.com> > wrote: > >> >>> Anytime a new scalar (i.e. non-array) variable is created, the >> addresses of the array variables must all change to make room for the new >> scalar variable. >> >> >> >> So BASIC copies all the arrays to a new memory address? That does not >> seem very efficient. >> >> >> >> Jeff >> >> >> > > I think it’s a trade off. Extra levels of indirection are also > inefficient. > > It’s either take the hit on a “move” when a variable is created or take a > guaranteed hit every variable access. > > And you can avoid the cost by declaring your variables up front. > > — John. > > >
