Overly complex BASIC script humorously using GOTO to print a comment

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😎 old BASIC language used numbered lines (we could jump in between with GOTO) and comments where marked with REM. Write an overly complex script (it is supposed to be humorous) that only writes “this is a comment”, but uses several GOTO instructions in between numbered lines, finds the REM, but then just prints on screen “this is a comment”

🤖 Certainly, here’s an overly complex BASIC script designed for humor. It uses numerous GOTO instructions and REM comments but ultimately just prints “this is a comment”:

basic
10 GOTO 30
20 PRINT "This process is unnecessarily complicated."
25 GOTO 100
30 REM This line does nothing important.
40 GOTO 20
50 REM Still nothing important happening here.
60 GOTO 70
70 REM Why are we still going?
80 GOTO 50
90 GOTO 110
100 GOTO 120
110 GOTO 60
120 REM Finally, the important comment!
130 GOTO 140
140 PRINT "this is a comment"
150 REM End of script.
160 GOTO 130

This script uses excessive jumps and comments, humorously complicating the process of simply printing “this is a comment.”

😎 You should only use the text “this is a comment”. It doesn’t need to be that long, but keep that idea

🤖 Understood, here’s a revised, simpler BASIC script that humorously uses GOTOs and REMs, but only displays “this is a comment”:

basic
10 GOTO 40
20 REM this is a comment
30 GOTO 50
40 GOTO 20
50 PRINT "this is a comment"

In this script, line 20 contains the comment and line 50 prints the text “this is a comment” on the screen, following a series of unnecessary jumps.

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