Re: A85: Problem assembling 18K file with TASM
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Re: A85: Problem assembling 18K file with TASM
On Sun, 17 Aug 1997 09:23:40 -0700 (PDT) Greg Hill <gregh@xmission.com>
writes:
>The source code is *MUCH* larger than the actual compiled program. For
>example, a line like this in the source code would use 49 bytes:
> add hl,de ; add the two registers together
>But after it gets compiled, that line takes about 2-4 (I don't
>remember for sure) bytes.
Actually, the "ADD HL,DE" instruction consists of only one byte ($19).
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