Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!crdgw1!uunet!overload!dillon From: dillon@overload.Berkeley.CA.US (Matthew Dillon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Lemmings - a tutorial Part V (last) Message-ID: Date: 5 Apr 91 18:53:44 GMT References: <23788@well.sf.ca.us> <23837@well.sf.ca.us> <781@tnc.UUCP> <884@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> Organization: Not an Organization Lines: 20 In article <884@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM> dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor) writes: >In mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes: >>.. >non-CHIP data into anything but 32-bit RAM? You get to use the absolute >address modes, which are SLOWER than the register relative modes??? It To be fair, Mike was talking about ABSOLUTE WORD addressing, which is just as fast and compact as register relative. That isn't to say it's good programming practice, it *isn't* on the amiga! But I agree with almost everything else said. -Matt -- Matthew Dillon dillon@Overload.Berkeley.CA.US 891 Regal Rd. uunet.uu.net!overload!dillon Berkeley, Ca. 94708 USA