Appendix: Published Variants of 10 PRINT

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Published Variations

1982

 10 PRINT "{CLR/HOME}"
 20 PRINT CHR$(205.5 + RND(1));
 40 GOTO 20

From Commodore 64 User's Guide. Wayne PA; Indianapolis, IN: Commodore Business Machines; Distributed by Howard W. Sams & Co., 1982. <http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/c64_users_guide/c64-users_guide.htm>.

See also C64 Users Guide

1984

8 PRINT CHR$(205.5 + RND(8)); : GOTO 8

From Krueger, Dan A., and Louis F. Sander. “Magic $93.” Run Jul 1984. 13-14. <http://www.old-computer-mags.com/magazine/magazine_viewer_eng.php?idx=Run.htm&base=Run&num=007&page=13>.

See also RUN Magic 93

2008a

10 ?"<clear/home>"
20 ? chr$(205.5)+rnd(1))
40 goto20

From Commodore Computer Club UK 23 September 2008

Notes: This version as it is reproduced at the source website fails to execute. A misplaced parenthesis and a missing semicolon are the major failures of this code. It is not clear when the errors arose in the code. Possibly in transcribing it for the Commodore Computer Club's website?

2008b

10 PRINT CHR$(109+RND(1)*2);:GOTO 10

From Montfort, Nick. "Obfuscated Code." Software Studies: A Lexicon. Ed. Matthew Fuller. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2008. 193-199.

See Also CHR$(109) Variation

2010a

for a=1 to 2 step 0:print chr$(205.5+rnd(1));:next a

From Montfort, Nick. "GOTO and line number considered optional." Email Exchange. 27 July 2010.

See also Optional GOTO

2010b

1 printchr$(205.5+rnd(1));:goto1

and 

1 ?chr$(205.5+rnd(1));:run

and 

1?chr$(205.5+rnd(1));:rU

and 

0?cH(205.5+rN(1));:gO

These variants all appear on the Maze Code forum thread at C= Forum, August 12, 2010 - August 16, 2010.

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