Re: Pointer at the start of a BASIC line: what good is it?

From: Marc Rintsch <*marc_at_rintsch.de*> Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 00:25:08 +0200 Message-ID: <cb3f8644-7b90-b0a6-340d-c5f0976cbdd0_at_rintsch.de> · marc_at_rintsch.de

On 29.10.21 23:50, André Fachat wrote:
> Doesn't BASIC recalculate the pointer when it loads the file? So it does 
> not matter what the link address is on disk.
> Or for what these bytes were used when saved...

Yes, the actual values in the saved file don't matter.  So if 
compatibility with the tokenised format is important one must 
recalculate those values.

The exomizer compressor comes with a tool that changes those values to 
something more compressible for instance, relying on the BASIC 
interpreter to recalculate.

Ciao,
	Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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