Re: A86: Long Text Routine

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Subject: Re: A86: Long Text Routine
From: Trey Jazz <joemama@minot.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 15:38:14 -0600
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Grams Family wrote:
> 
> At 01:44 PM 12/22/97 PST, you wrote:
> >
> > I am just learning how to program in assembly (thanks mainly to Matt
> >Johnson's Z80 Programming Tutorial) and I am wondering if there is an
> >easier way to write a whole page of text.  It seems to take an awful lot
> >of source to write a page of text on the screen.
> >
> >The assembly seems like a lot more work to me, so if anyone has any
> >comments I would surely appreciate your help!
> >
> >                  The Chronomancer
> >
> That's assembly. It's more powerful, but you pay for it by having to write
> more source to do the same thing. The best thing would be if there was a
> compiled basic or C for the calc. That way you get the best of both
> worlds...dream on!
> 
> --Joshua

actually you dont really gain much except more compact routines for
programs. basic and c compilers make the programs bloated and way slower
than asm programs.

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