Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.programmer:3316 alt.sources.amiga:228 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!sdrc!cinnet!kilian From: kilian@cinnet.com (Kilian Jacob) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer,alt.sources.amiga Subject: Re: Short Hello World Message-ID: <1991May7.001146.1830@cinnet.com> Date: 7 May 91 00:11:46 GMT References: <1804@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Organization: Cincinnati Network, Cinti. OH Lines: 21 From article <1804@tardis.Tymnet.COM>, by jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith): > In article <1991May5.011748.11595@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes: >>dvljrt@cs.umu.se (Joakim Rosqvist) writes: >>> OpenLib=-408 [deleted] > But then I remembered that some of them HAVE changed. OpenLibrary used to > be -408, now it is -552. Offset -408 is still supported, however, as > OldOpenLibrary. Using the old definitions is works, the program won't get > the newest features. > I think OldOpenLibrary() is used here on purpose. This way you can omit the moveq.l #0,d0 (or sub.l d0,d0 -- faster, I believe). Since no specific version (or higher) is need in this example using OldOpenLibrary is perfectly ok -- saves 2 bytes!! :-) -- /