Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!apple!oracle!news From: pnakada@oracle.com (Paul Nakada) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: languages used with commercial software Message-ID: Date: 25 Mar 90 00:53:53 GMT References: <9003232001.AA00592@apple.com> Sender: news@oracle.com Organization: Oracle Corporation, Belmont, CA Lines: 15 In-reply-to: MMPR004@ECNCDC.BITNET's message of 23 Mar 90 19:20:00 GMT In article <9003232001.AA00592@apple.com> MMPR004@ECNCDC.BITNET (Scott Hutinger) writes: >> BARNARD DALE AARON writes: >>Out of curiousity, what languages are used in the software that we see in the >>stores for Apple IIe? For example, in what language is Appleworks programmed? >>How about games? > This is not the answer you want, but the thoughts of Higher Education. >Most use assembler of some type..which leads me to a statement a professor True, but I thought I'd add that most assembly programming (non speed intensive) is done with large libraries of macros allowing for more complex memory manipulations and easier access to 16 bit operations. -Paul Nakada pnakada@oracle.com