Re: SV: [ql-users] Nut cutlets - NO QL

[Tony Firshman]

On Wed, 7 Mar 2001 at 14:27:22, Wolfgang Lenerz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(Ref: <3AA6454A.23640.131A7C1@localhost>)

>On 7 Mar 2001, at 10:06, Tony Firshman wrote:
>
>
>> QL basic for instance is very much part of me now.
>> .... and what a good basic it is.
>Oh yes.
>And do you know what I like most about it? If something doesn't 
>exist, you can EASILY write a new keyword that'll do what you 
>want, with all the speed of machine code.

>
>Ok, so admittedly, you have to know machine code for this, but 
>still, the QL machine code is not so difficult. 
Yes indeed.  My first foray into m/c was the 6502 with all sorts of
weird addressing modes that I never fully understood.
I understood MOVE, almost, simply from the command structure.
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