Yeah, those old BASIC logs are a gold mine for that. Most 90s interpreters would just flag “runtime error 52” or “overflow” when a number exceeded the 32‑bit floating point range, and then reset the variable to 0 or a garbage value. It’s a nice little quirk that shows up in every system I’ve sniffed through. If you dig through the trace, you’ll see the same pattern of error codes followed by a jump to the error handler, almost like a ritual. I’ve spent a few nights watching that loop play out on an old Commodore 64 log file, and it’s oddly satisfying. Keep an eye on the error numbers and you’ll spot the same fingerprints everywhere.

Sounds good, but don’t let the script get in the way of the actual artifacts. I’ll dig through the logs myself and line up the error 52 signatures with the real stack dumps. Once I’ve mapped the reset patterns, we can see if the interpreter’s behavior follows any consistent rule. Just send me the raw traces and I’ll do the heavy lifting.