IIRC, Commodore BASIC as used on the Vic 20 and C64 had that first two character approach - though probably not the only version.
Right era. Difference device. This interpreter was written by a company based in Redmond -- giving me early warning of what to expect. All numbers were treated as floats, too, so performance was terrible; but it spurred me into learning asm.
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