Re: And it's out (EHBASIC+ 0.8.4 for ProDOS 8)

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Steve Nickolas wrote:
> http://usotsuki.info/eh210p8_v084.zip
>
> The ehbasic.txt describes the differences mostly between EHBASIC+ (the
> heavily modified version tailored to the hardware) and the original EHBASIC
> (with no hardware-specific extensions).  Either version can be built from
> the existing source.
>
> There is only one thing I can think of I'd add into the existing code:
> autoload.  This means that tokens will probably not be moved any further.
>
> Most FPBASIC functionality has been added.  What remains will stay out, as I
> don't have room in the token table for anything else and don't want the
> program to have to put its code below the 32K mark.

Some form of error trapping is almost essential for serious programs,
especially with I/O operations.  Any hope for that?

BTW, the sign-on (and any other initialization-only code and data)
could go into the program space or a buffer to save space.

-michael

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