Re: LZ:83 ASM
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Subject: Re: LZ:83 ASM
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From: The Piper @ The Gates of Dawn <@>
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 1996 13:17:19 +0000
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In-Reply-To: <LZ:83 ASM>
> One reason for an 83 shell might be as a program manager that
> could store programs more efficiently in a compressed format.
> That shouldn't be too difficult to write and shouldn't take up
> much space. It could de-compress the program before executing
> it. The programs could be stored as strings.
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> This might result in a considerable space savings for stored
> programs.
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> Barry
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You could store compressed programs on the calc anyway. What would be
the point though. If we could compress a program...say...halfway,
then, after compression, if we wanted to USE it, we would still need
the extra memory for it. Why reinvent the wheel when TI did it for
you?
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