[A83] Re: 83p os


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[A83] Re: 83p os



You realize that a script execution will take SOME overhead, even if 
it's a simple line for line execution, that along with the OS.

corey

> How about hooks and stuff rather than im 2?
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Benjamin Berg" <Benjamin.Berg@gmx.net>
> To: <assembly-83@lists.ticalc.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 3:27 PM
> Subject: [A83] Re: 83p os
> 
> 
>> Maybe the solution would be to give the programmer tools to 
check if
>> what
> he
>> is doing is right. So that the calculator is actually not much more
>> secure but if programmers are smart enough they will use the 
functions
>> and they won't write to wrong addresses... Of course you can't 
force
>> them to use these functions but it would probably be the best
>> compromises between a
> fast
>> execution and security against crashing.
>>
>> There also should be a scripting language available in a later 
version
>> (or maybe a separate program).
>>
>> I also think that programs should be saved to ROM and 
executed from
>> there. This would make the RAM free for variables, and files 
created
>> by the user (which are frequently edited).
>>
>> Benjamin





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