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But, as time went on, it became increasingly obvious that many of the programs were not available, and the ones that were were written in a particularly obscure form of BASIC.
(Probability Theory: The Logic of Science by E. T. Jaynes)
What is the effect of the first were in that were were written in and what is the effect of the second were?
Hi, welcome to ELL! I notice that your transcription of the sentence seems to have some problems. The spaces don't appear in the right place near commas, and I'm pretty sure it should say "form of BASIC". Is that right? In addition, it would be very helpful if you would give a link to where you found this quote. Can you please edit your question so that we can more easily answer it? Thank you! – WendiKidd – 2013-10-02T02:34:59.367
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It appears to be from Probability Theory: The Logic of Science by E. T. Jaynes, page xvii.
– snailplane – 2013-10-02T02:41:40.250