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~~variables don't make it to the compiled binary tho, except debug symbols of course if have those enabled (but deploying them to an embeeded system is a terrible idea, they can remain on the host system)~~
oh you mean on not for
Yeah for interpreted BASIC.
But even after moving to writing assembly language on a separate PC devkit there was still the habit of using short names.
I think that some assemblers had limits on name size.