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		TopHand on May 21, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: X My Commodore Vic 20 running basic only allowed 2 character variable names.

weinzierl on May 21, 2020 [–]

That is not entirely true, from my recollection variable names could be longer but only two characters were significant.

dhosek on May 21, 2020 | [–]

That was also the case with AppleSoft BASIC

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