Re: A89: library & shell


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Re: A89: library & shell






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>>Why does everybody want a shell or want to use library, I got a 82/86, and
>>I never seen library.
>>In the 86, nobody use a specific shell and nobody program with library...
>>and everybody is happy !
>>so please explain to me
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>Libraries are files which store commonly used functions.  So instead of
>each program having a copy of the functions it uses, one file will contain
>them, and assembly programs can easily call them.  This is just a way to
>save memory and programming time.
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Sure, but if it has built in asm, it probably already has built in libraries
like the 83 and 86 (ROM page $0d) do.  That util library is probably
useless.