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Dimension. Classic BASIC doesn't require variable declaration, so it was originally only used for sizing arrays.
Wiki says, BASIC had sigils, like Perl, for the sole purpose of consrving memory (type tags were too costy for toy machines, BASIC ran on).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigil_(computer_programming)
>The use of sigils was popularized by the BASIC programming language. The best known example of a sigil in BASIC is the dollar sign (“$”) appended to the names of all strings. Many BASIC dialects use other sigils to denote integers and floating point numbers, and sometimes other types as well.
So BASIC is clearly a statically typed language.
Why do I get the feeling that all of the regulars in this channel know nothing about computers outside of their favourite functional fiefdoms?
Why should they? Is there anything important outside of Lisp World?