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PPL SOURCE SYNTAX
Each line of a PPL source file may contain none, one, some or all
of the following sections:
[KEYWORD ][EXPR|VAR][,EXPR|VAR][;|'][COMMENT TEXT]
KEYWORD - A PPL statement used to accomplish some task.
EXPR - A PPL expressioin which may contain VARs, CONSTs,
and/or FUNCs.
VAR - A PPL variable with optional array subscript.
CONST - A PPL constant.
FUNC - A PPL function that returns a value.
; - Used to start a comment. Ignored by the compiler.
' - Used to start a comment. Ignored by the compiler.
COMMENT - Comment text following the ; or '.
Ignored by the compiler.
If a line is blank or contains only a comment, it is skipped.
If it contains a KEYWORD, that line is compiled into a tokenized format.
If it doesn't contain a KEYWORD but some argument, it is assumed to
be an assignement statement (LET).
Note: ^M should be used to pass a carrage return to the PCBoard
command processor.
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