Where does the error go?                                               
                                                                       
When I was learning to program in BASIC, I was nearly put off for life 
by the PRINT # command for printing to a disc file.  Every time I      
tried to use it, a Syntax Error would be reported.  I tried re-jigging 
my programs, consulting the manuals, all in vain - the Syntax Error    
just would not go away.                                                
                                                                       
I now know that I should just have left things as they were, and it    
would have gone away of its own accord - it is, in fact, one of the    
more interesting bugs in BASIC.  Every time BASIC encouters a PRINT #  
statement FOR THE FIRST TIME it will report a Syntax Error, but if the 
program is immediately RUN again, it will happily PRINT # to a file,   
until the next PRINT # statement is met.  Typing RUN again will clear  
the error ... and so on - so long as there is not a real Syntax Error  
in your program.  It all makes life interesting, if somewhat           
frustrating when there are a lot of PRINT # statements in a program.   
Subsequent RUNning of the program, even after months and years,        
remains clear of Syntax Errors.                                        
                                                                       
I don't know why this should be, or even whether it occurs in all      
versions of Mallard BASIC.  I simply pass it on for your information   
and encouragement.                                                     
                                                                       
                                                           John Filsak