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From: edp@jareth.enet.dec.com (Eric Postpischil (Always mount a scratch monkey.))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: BREAK and RETURN on the 48sx: where are they?
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Date: 19 Dec 90 18:15:46 GMT
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In article <7360030@hpfcso.HP.COM>, rrd@hpfcso.HP.COM (Ray Depew) writes:

>In his book "HP-41 / HP-48 Translations", Bill Wickes mentions that the
>command << ... CONT ... >> breaks you out of a subroutine and back into the
>next level. 

It seems that the "next level" it brings you back to is not just the calling
routine.  Perhaps it takes you back to an interrupted routine?  It seems CONT is
not useful as a RETURN/BREAK.


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