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From: rhyde@koufax.ucr.edu (randy hyde)
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Subject: Re: Replies to LISA questions
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Date: 24 May 91 17:53:22 GMT
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>> I am perplexed why the authors of an assembler...would leave out...

Mainly because the original code was written in 1978 and people had different`
requirements back then.  LISA/816 certainly supports this feature with the
".tf" directive.
*** Randy Hyde

(Note: In 1978, people were assembling absolute object code to spots all over
memory, the SAV command was useful because you could save a sequence of
non-contiguous blocks to disk.  Indeed, in the memory-limited environment of
the Apple II-, I remember only having 6K available for object code storage.
For really long assemblies I could reuse that 6K over and over again by simply
using the OBJ directive in conjuction with the SAV directive.  As memory
became more plentiful, this problem went away.  That's when the ".tf" directive
got added.  Keep in mind that LISA 3.x was written in 1982-1984.  Don't expect
it to perform like an assembler written in 1991.  Use LISA/816 if you want
(somewhat) modern features).