Hello World! on modern processors.

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Wed Aug 22 14:17:19 2001

Jim, you must have gotten the shakes on the send key. This is four
editions so far!
                                                 - don


On Tue, 21 Aug 2001, Jim Battle wrote:

> At 09:22 PM 8/21/01 -0700, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> > > > Yes, but per my earlier example.... are we shooting for less
> > instructions in
> > > > the program or less intructions executed in total for the program?
> > (ie, your
> > > > 23 byte example is calling dos system services, so.... lots of additional
> > > > instructions there).
> > >
> > > Well, this all started when Iggy said there wasn't a PRINT language
> > > element in Assembly, so I suppose it's the easiest way to get something
> > > printed, which means using built in system support.
> >
> >Fine then -- Commodores can just STA directly to screen memory (exercise
> >left for the reader). :-)
>
>
> I can do better (if someone hasn't already) -- this is for the Sol:
>
> ORG 0000h
> JMP 0000h
>
> ORG 0CC00h
> DB 'Hello World!'
>
> That is 15 bytes, and executes in 0 cycles.
>
> The Sol's screen is memory mapped and begins at 0xCC00. Let the program
> loader take care of it for you.
>
>
> -----
> Jim Battle == frustum_at_pacbell.net
>
>
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