Date   : Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:16:56 +0000
From   : robert@... (Rob)
Subject: Basic6809 1.00

>> Why do people still use assembler embedded in basic programs to build
>> stuff with ? Especially considdering some of the limitations of such ?
>> Moreso on the BBC than on the Arch, as at least the arch doesn't have
>> the limitations of memory that the BBC does.

I haven't written any 6502 code for years, but I used to use in-line
code for simple short routines, such as the code for my message panel,
etc, which only needed to be assembler for speed reasons.  For OBBS,
which was pretty early I'll admit, an initial program assembled the
code (for error trapping and modem handling) then chained onto the
main BASIC program.

Later stuff, which tended to be bigger, I wrote in Edit or Twin and
ran through a ROM based assembler.  BASIC code I did the same, but
used a sort of souped up *Exec (called *Sexec) that handled included
files, commented out material, etc.,