Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga.programmer:3553 alt.sources.amiga:239 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!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: <1991May13.190617.1119@cinnet.com> Date: 13 May 91 19:06:17 GMT References: <4872@orbit.cts.com> Organization: Cincinnati Network, Cinti. OH Lines: 20 From article <4872@orbit.cts.com>, by chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch): > kilian@cinnet.com (Kilian Jacob) writes: [deleted] >>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!! :-) > > But NOT guaranteed to continue to be supported. they COULD remove > OldOpenLibrary in the next OS release. They tell you not to use it. > Why why should they remove it? It only takes up a couple of bytes. BTW: Who is 'they' ? Does *Commodore* say OldOpenLibrary should not be used? -- /