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Re: Large executable file

Andy McFadden wrote:

pererasanjaya@gmail.com wrote:


Now that we have cc65+open source software, i am planning to compile
few intresting programming languages for iie. So I would like to know
whether it is possible to run a large executable file like 200KB.....
or more.... on a iie.


Only with explicit loading and unloading of code modules.  Break it
down into 32K pieces with minimal interfaces.  Not easy.


Classic Appleworks is a prime example of a large, modular
application using a formalized memory manager interface.
This interface was implemented for all popular memory
expansion devices (including the linear RAM of the
IIgs  ;-).

The code is implemented as modules which can be transferred
from "extended" memory, and the data structures are "paged"
from extended memory.  There is a relatively fixed performance
cost, but the relaxation of memory constraints is liberating.

It's a shame that the libraries and macros to make this easier
were not made available, since other programs could leverage
that support.


Much easier on a IIgs.


Linear is always easier.  ;-)

-michael

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