From: BlackJack/Civitas (blackjack_at_civitas64.de)
Date: 2002-11-16 01:32:51
On Friday 15 November 2002 17:09, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote: > [...] Having C file I/O, there would only rarely be a need to > use it, and the C code doing file I/O would be portable without > #ifdef'ing large parts of the code (remember: the CBM routines are > rather low level, you have to add device communication to read the > control channel of the drive and other stuff). Yes, having standard > file I/O would add a few hundred bytes of code. But since file I/O on > the CBMs is slow like hell anyway, the additional CPU time needed is > no problem, and in most cases the additional code will not harm. The last sentence is the reason why I still would use cbm_load/save() even if there's C file I/O. A cardrigde with a fastloader speeds loading/saving up very well. Ciao, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch -- _ _____ __ __ _____________________________________________________ / __/ /_/ \_\ CiViTAS - "Lameness rulez" / / ____ ____ http://www.civitas64.de/ \ \_ / /\ \/ /\ \ mailto:blackjack_at_civitas64.de \___/_/ \__/ \_\ C64 forever... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list send mail to majordomo_at_musoftware.de with the string "unsubscribe cc65" in the body(!) of the mail.
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