Date   : Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:25:55 +0000
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: Hints'n'Tips: Assembling non-ARM code on ARM BASIC

Rob wrote:
>> NOP was added to ARM BASIC about 15 years into its life.
>
> A* /$.LIBRARY.AB
> ARM BBC Basic V version 1.00 for ARM Sec
> ond Processor (C) Acorn 1986
>
>> P%=TOP:[NOP
> 0000C504          NOP

Weird. It was one of the first things I tested when I first
got my hands on an Arc back in 1987 as I though it would be
an ideal CPU test.
*BASIC
ARM BBC BASIC V version 1.05 (C) Acorn 1989
Starting with 651516 bytes free.
> P%=&10000:[NOP

No such mnemonic
>

Do you know when that was added? There's no mention in the sources
or the changelogs all the way up to 1.30 (17 Apr 2002).

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