Re: A89: Reading and storing data to and from external files

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Subject: Re: A89: Reading and storing data to and from external files
From: Mark Zavislak <felix@megsinet.net>
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 20:00:45 -0600
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Justin Karneges wrote:

>
>So are you saying that as long as the program doesn't write to itself (like,
>even your variables are in an external file) then it can be run while
>archived?  Or are you allowed to still have in-program data that is writable
>but it just won't be saved on exit?
>
>-Justin Karneges [Infiniti]
No to the first.  All programs can be run while archived.

Yes to the second question.  To run a program, the calc copies the 
archived program to ram, and changes can be made freely as if it were not 
archived.  Once it is finished, the program is deleted from RAM, so all 
changes are lost.

-Mark Zavislak
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