TIB: Re: TI-Basic Digest V1 #116


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TIB: Re: TI-Basic Digest V1 #116




> However, if a person cannot 
>write efficient programs in Basic, Assembly will not necessarily be a 
>good thing.

I agree w/ you there

>For one thing, you are taking a risk that your program can cause more 
>like unexpected crashes.  You'll need to rewrite your program every time 
>someone else runs shouting "Hey, I wrote a new shell!" or face the fact 
>that your program will become unusable as the shell you *were* using 
>gets upgraded or obsolete.

I program for TI-83's this is obsolite considering all you need is
Send(9prgmNAME
I don't know why anyone would want shells on this calc.

>Then there's the deal with ROM versions.  Shell developers must keep 
>upgrading *their* programs so that it will comply with the new versions.  
>Think about FargoII for a second.  They are trying to make a program for 
>the new version and finding that it is not very backwards compatible.

TI said that it would keep all calc calls backwards compatiable to avoid that
very problem


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