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  • Then again, the restriction to 'micro' is an arbitrary when it comes to High Level Languages. After all, they are meant to not be (as) hardware dependent. (Say, were to put an Olivetti P6060?) Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 14:27
  • But fails the main razor for the post: P6060 BASIC does not appear to use slicing and is based on Dartmouth's CONVERT. Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 15:58
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    For what's it worth, P6060 BASIC used EXT$ (extract from-to) and REP$ (replace), and no CHANGE command. So it's a third variant. P6060 BASIC had the MAT operations and other Dartmouth features, though. Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 18:05
  • @MauryMarkowitz The P6060 wasn't mentioned for that feature, but to prove the micro argument. After all, micro has been used rather loosely before the 1980s - which is were you're question takes place, isn't it? Commented Jul 6, 2020 at 21:42