Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU!MQUINN%UTCVM From: MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: MacMusings Message-ID: <9010270632.AA00108@apple.com> Date: 27 Oct 90 06:28:27 GMT References: Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 25 On Fri, 26 Oct 90 21:57:28 GMT Todd P. Whitesel said: >MQUINN%UTCVM@PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU writes: > >>Everytime I write a ML program, I always wish I had a couple more registers [a bunch of my stuff deleted] >>extra memory to hold the register value. > >This is the main complaint that most people have about 65xx programming. > >A humble suggestion: stop thinking of the registers as your local variables [a bunch of stuff deleted] >Memory based instructions on the 65xx exist for exactly this reason. Oh, I agree. I was just pointing out that having more registers doesn't necessarily make the program take up more space or make it sloppy. >Todd Whitesel >toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu ____________________________________________________________________ | | | | This is your brain... | BITNET-- mquinn@utcvm | | This is your brain on drugs... | pro-line: | | This is your brain on whole wheat.| mquinn@pro-gsplus.cts.com | |____________________________________|_______________________________|