640kb ought to be enough for anybody. El lun, 18 ago 2025, 21:21, Leonard D Woren <[email protected]> escribió:
> Just catching up from being away for weeks, there's one thing that > hasn't been mentioned in this long thread about RMODE 64: > > Why is this even needed? > > A load module library filling a 3390-2 will just about fit below the > bar. It greatly simplifies things to run RMODE 31 AMODE 64, with most > of the data above the bar. Then none of this RMODE 64 discussion is > relevant. > > Oh, I suppose if your program is written in one of those bloatware > languages that are used for apps on cellphones, where every rinkydink > trivial app is 30 MB, and big apps can be 500 MB, then you might > possibly need RMODE 64. There is no possible way that anything > written purely in z assembler would ever need RMODE 64. If your data > doesn't fit below the bar, move the data, not the program. > > Part of the product that I work on is in Metal/C, which apparently > generates all code as RMODE 64 AMODE 64. > > > /Leonard > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
