I agree, but this is exactly what the linked article does. It even promotes the idea that the GOTO is better than functions or OOP, because it’s “simpler”. Needless to say, I disagree.
Naming things is almost a prerequisite to be able to think and reason about things without keeping the entire program in your head at once. And without any means of abstraction with names for code, old-style 80s Basic fails this requirement.
I agree, but this is exactly what the linked article does. It even promotes the idea that the GOTO is better than functions or OOP, because it’s “simpler”. Needless to say, I disagree.
Naming things is almost a prerequisite to be able to think and reason about things without keeping the entire program in your head at once. And without any means of abstraction with names for code, old-style 80s Basic fails this requirement.