NBS Minimal BASIC Test Programs: Version 2, User's Manual, Volume 13U.S. Department of Commerce, National Bureau of Standards, 1980 |
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... particular , Minimal BASIC has no facilities for file handling , string manipulation , or array manipulation and has only rudimentary control structures . Although BASIC was originally designed for interactive use , the standard does ...
... particular , Minimal BASIC has no facilities for file handling , string manipulation , or array manipulation and has only rudimentary control structures . Although BASIC was originally designed for interactive use , the standard does ...
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... particular section . A second problem is that occasionally the programming of a test becomes artificially awkward because the language feature appropriate for a certain task hasn't been tested yet . While the programs generally abide by ...
... particular section . A second problem is that occasionally the programming of a test becomes artificially awkward because the language feature appropriate for a certain task hasn't been tested yet . While the programs generally abide by ...
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... particular group . The documentation contained herein explains the rationale for the tests in each group , but it is not a substitute for a detailed understanding of the standard itself . broken into Many of the individual test programs ...
... particular group . The documentation contained herein explains the rationale for the tests in each group , but it is not a substitute for a detailed understanding of the standard itself . broken into Many of the individual test programs ...
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... particular things you should watch for when running that group . 2 . 3 . Program output . As far as possible , the programs attempt to explain themselves and how they must be interpreted to determine conformance . Nonetheless , they ...
... particular things you should watch for when running that group . 2 . 3 . Program output . As far as possible , the programs attempt to explain themselves and how they must be interpreted to determine conformance . Nonetheless , they ...
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... particular , integer values should print as integers as long as the significand - width can accommodate them , fractional values should print in explicit point unscaled format where no loss of accuracy results , and the rest should ...
... particular , integer values should print as integers as long as the significand - width can accommodate them , fractional values should print in explicit point unscaled format where no loss of accuracy results , and the rest should ...
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8.4 PROGRAM NUMBER algorithm allows ANSI BASIC ANSI standard argument assignment Backus-Naur Form BASIC Test Programs behavior computer languages correctly decimal digits defined division by zero error programs ERROR REFS error tests Exception Handling exception report exception tests execution FOR-blocks FOR-STATEMENT FORTRAN functional group GOTO handling implementation accepts IMPLEMENTATION CONFORMANCE implementation of BASIC implementation-defined features informative tests input-reply interpretation language standard line number machine infinity measure Minimal BASIC Test non-fatal exceptions non-standard construction non-standard programs Note NUMERIC CONSTANTS NUMERIC EXPRESSIONS ON-GOTO operations OPTION BASE pass/fail message PASSES else processor passing or failing PBASIC processor FAILS processor PASSES program conformance program is standard program output programming language recovery procedure reject REM statement requirements RND FUNCTION rules sample output self-checking semantic meaning significand simple source code specified Standard Capabilities standard program syntax test fails TEST PASSED test sequence test system UNDERFLOW University of Kent USER-DEFINED FUNCTION Version zeros