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From: akcs.joehorn@hpcvbbs.UUCP (Joseph K. Horn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: CLEAR in HP 48 programs
Keywords: 48 clear casino programming preston brown
Message-ID: <27b2553d:1994comp.sys.handhelds@hpcvbbs.UUCP>
Date: 8 Feb 91 07:40:09 GMT
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** HP 48 **

Everybody's saying that using CLEAR in a program is a Bad Thing.

But if you browse through the code in your Casino 48 Card from
Preston Brown Labs (100% user code), you'll see CLEAR used not
just once, but twice.

This implies two things:

(1) If you're in the middle of a 48 task, and your brain needs to
take a momentary break, play MINEHUNT, not CAS48, or you might lose
your stack.

(2) Using CLEAR can't be too terribly naughty.  Even the experts
do it...

-- Joseph K. Horn -- Peripheral Vision, Ltd. --