Re: A85: Rigel, where'd it go??
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Re: A85: Rigel, where'd it go??
I am not sure how many people have realized this, but it is much
easier and faster to program for Rigel. When you program for Usgard,
you have to know if the label is going to need a "&" character or not.
For inexperienced programmers, this may be difficult to remember and
difficult to differentiate between when you need it and don't. I know
that i (i don't consider myself to be an inexperienced programer for
the z80 :) ) will still sometimes forget the & and it will crash my
calc. It's very annoying to crash the calc, then go back and say
"whoops, forgot the &", then have to take the batteries out, hold down
the on key, reload the shell, try the program out again. I would have
to image this happens to most everyone at some time. With fixed
address relocation, all of the calls are absolute from the programmers
perspective. there is never any need for the "&". all calls look the
same. Of course, the Usgard team could do this with their shell with
the help of an improved "srcwiz" or whatever utility. I would
definitely say that the Usgard developers need to improve this.
-mike pearce
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