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      F.   Restrictions


      1. Arrays are limited to 8 dimensions.

      2. Literal character strings in the 'const' section are limited to 32
      characters.

      3. Random disk files require CP/M 2.2 and may be up to 8 megabytes in
      size.

      4.  Sets  are  limited to 128 elements.  The first element (leftmost)
      corresponds to 0; the last element (rightmost) corresponds to 127.

      5. Not  more  than  63  external  procedures  and  functions  may  be
      declared.

      6.  Not more than 1632 dynamic storage blocks may be allocated at one
      time.  The run-time system may require up to 100 of  these  for  file
      buffers, file control blocks, external procedures and other uses.

      7. "With" statements may not be nested to more than 31 levels.

      8.  "Case"  statements are limited to 128 clauses with 128 labels per
      clause.

      9. Integers must be between +32767 and -32768, since they are  stored
      in  16-bit  twos-complement format.  In a few cases, integers will be
      treated as unsigned 16-bit values with a range of 0 to  +65535.   The
      MAP  and CALL builtin procedures require addresses which may range up
      to 65535.  Accessing  random  files  by  relative  byte  address  may
      require byte addresses up to 65535.

      10.  "Real"  numbers are represented in 14 digit binary coded decimal
      (BCD) format.  The floating point exponent range is from -64 to +63.

      11. The names  of  procedures  and  functions  may  not  be  used  as
      parameters.

      12.  Literal  character  strings in the source program may not exceed
      127 characters.


















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not  be  used  as
      parameters.

      12.  Literal  character  strings in the source program may not exceed
      127 characters.