[Coco] 6809 example

[John Collyer]

It's easy to make FOR-NEXT loops

START   LDX    #$FF
LOOP    LEAX  -1,X
               BNE    LOOP
               END

John Collyer

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Neil Morrison" <neilsmorr at hotpop.com>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2004 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] 6809 example


> 
> There were some assembler books, mainly for the 8088, which showed
> you how to emulate FOR-NEXT loops, DO-WHILE etc in assembly language
> as macros.
> 
> NM
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <jimcox at miba51.com>
> 
> > Forgive me if this is dumb question, but I'm a programming
> > newbie, but is HLA an intermediate step between Assembly
> > and languages like C and if so, would it have some use in
> > the mainstream market.  It seems like a more essorteric
> > language than the more accepted ones or is it jus new?
> >
> > Jim
> 
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