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    \$\begingroup\$ What's that do? \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 28, 2014 at 16:52
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    \$\begingroup\$ @user973810 if i remember basic, new is for cleaning memory, so it will delete program \$\endgroup\$ Commented May 28, 2014 at 17:08
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    \$\begingroup\$ Nice. Not specific to Commodore 64, probably works as is on almost every 8-bit BASIC machine from the 80's... \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 5, 2014 at 22:56
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    \$\begingroup\$ You could OLD or O. it back too. I new'd 12 months of 12 year olds game coding genius ;p work by accident once. Then accidentally saved instead of old-ing. O. didnt work anymore :( I did learn how hex editors worked pretty sharpish though :) \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 8, 2014 at 22:42
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    \$\begingroup\$ @ysap: It would be more portable if it were using 1 as line number; not all BASIC implementations supported line number 0. \$\endgroup\$ Commented Jun 22, 2014 at 14:38