Re: Article about HLA on Linux Journal's website


Herbert Kleebauer replied about dunric@xxxxxxxxx's "code"

| > It's about HLA and assembly language.

| Are you sure? I just looked at the code and I think
| this is batch programming and not assembly programming.
| Ok, I had to insert a few "::" and "call", but then
| cmd.exe executes it without any problem:

[the "ASM" to .BAT conversion ...]

Well done Herbert !

18 calls, 75 lines and ~3900 bytes for just a few colored
text-lines, now when this isn't ASM :)

In KESYS this would use only one CALL with a rich text-like
parameter list (text with font-, colour- and format-tokens,
text-/array-variables, input fields, calculator functions and
whatsoever may be on screen).
Yes, it almost works like a BASIC interpreter :)

__
wolfgang



Just to count the bytes I would need to show it
(this are about 820 bytes including comments):

00 83 04 50 ;colours(vm03)
00 84 xx yy ;position
A green dragon approaches, spreading her wings high 0d
across the landscape, plunging it into darkness! The 0d
dragon looks at you and says:
00 83 0e 01 ;colours.
00 84 xx yy ;position
'I am the last of my kind.0d
Here you are, a human, come here to slay me?! I breathe 0d
fire upon trees, rustling the bad kami out of the forests 0d
and valleys of this forgotten world. I keep my peace inside 0d
these caves, only to be disturbed by your species which 0d
pollute this landscape! I was once happy in my silence 0d
here, yet you come to make me miserable! I won't allow 0d
it, knave! Prepare to feel my wrath!!!' 0d
00 83 13 01 ;colours
The dragon moves about angrily, stomping the floor! 0d
00 83 0f 01 ;colours
What now, adventurer? 0d
00 ff ;end


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