Re: A86: Re: Large ASM

To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: A86: Re: Large ASM
From: "" <cavanc@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2000 05:11:20 GMT
Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org


Yeah, I know about bloat, but it isn't used much.
I guess nobody likes the idea of a font library.

Cavan

>From: "David Phillips" <david@acz.org>
>Reply-To: assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org
>To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
>Subject: Re: A86: Re: Large ASM
>Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 23:03:54 -0600
>
>
>Yeah.  It's called bloat.  Or use Lite86, the decompression code is, what,
>about 25 bytes?  And that little bit of space in every program is more than
>made up for by the ease of use of not having to load a separate program.  
>If
>you only have one thing on your calc, do you want to have to load a 
>library?
>That is why the 86 is so great.  On the 82/83/85, where you write code for 
>a
>specific shell, then of course, it makes sense to have a decompression (and
>possibly compression) routine built into the shell.  But the problem with
>those calcs is no scratch space (what a pity).  On the 86, everything is
>great the way it is.  Go back and read the assembly-86 archives for
>September 1997.
>
> > Whoa, chill out Matt!
> > How about a compression library :`)
> > Actually, that might actually work.
> > Just something that decompresses them to wherever the programmer wants
>them
> > at.
>
>
>

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