[Coco] One Liner Contest

[William Astle]

On 13-04-07 03:27 PM, Darren A wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Aaron Banerjee wrote:
>> I'd like to see if anyone can write a "one liner" (or "two liner") BASIC
>> program that doesn't call ML subroutines, etc, that can actually generate an
>> ?ST ERROR by actually having a string formula that is too complex.  I've
>> never been able to do it without "cheating."  I'll see what I can do for
>> chipping in on the prize if someone can...
>>
>
>
> Too easy!  Here's my solution (no prize necessary):
>
> 10 A$="1"+("2"+("3"+("4"+("5"+("6"+("7"+("8"+"9")))))))

Maybe we should have a contest to see who can explain why a ?ST ERROR is 
even possible in the first place.

Did you know that you can have a similar situation with non-string 
formulas? If memory is low enough, you can get an ?OM error on a regular 
numeric calculation. It's really confusing when you get ?OM ERROR IN 
###, look at ###, and all you have as a simple numeric calculation.