Author: Deep Thought
Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:00:30 pm (GMT -5)
Assembly source code isn't stored on the calculator itself (basically until OTBP Assembler and Mimas, which I highly doubt anyone at TI has ever used). So I guess it was to save people from typing that hard-to-reach key.
On the other hand, there may be assemblers that don't use dots before directive names (assembler syntax is far from standardized![Razz]()
), and TI engineers may have been accustomed to that.
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Posted: 27 Oct 2012 07:00:30 pm (GMT -5)
| techboy6601 wrote: |
| When you're working with low-storage devices like TI devices, anything you can do to be more efficient benefits you greatly. |
On the other hand, there may be assemblers that don't use dots before directive names (assembler syntax is far from standardized
), and TI engineers may have been accustomed to that._________________
