> The way to do any sensible subroutine things (in the BASICs I had access to) was to use GOSUB to line numbers,
True.
> which was a method inherently too cumbersome to do anything complex with,
It's really not. (Unless by “complex” you mean specifically “recursive (even indirectly), but not tail recursive”, in which case I'd have trouble disagreeing.)
True.
> which was a method inherently too cumbersome to do anything complex with,
It's really not. (Unless by “complex” you mean specifically “recursive (even indirectly), but not tail recursive”, in which case I'd have trouble disagreeing.)