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Secret Shame? Reading Source Code

From	ultramagnus_tcv <mikew@thecomputervalet.com>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject	Secret Shame? Reading Source Code
Date	2015-12-11 10:06 -0600
Organization	A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID	<n4es54$pps$1@dont-email.me> (permalink)

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Hey folks,

I come before you humbled by the fact that I have no idea how to read 
source files. Oh, I can read English and I have a passing familiarity 
with 6502 assembly, but I don't understand some (basic?) things about 
it.

I have a few questions and I hoped I could be set straight on:

1. Are the numbers on the left typical of where the program resides in 
memory rather while running than on disk?

2. If there is no accompanying information with the source, how does 
one figure out what assembler was using to write the code? For 
instance, does Apple always use EDASM? (I did most of my studies in 
Merlin.)

3. If one were a masochist, could one enter the hexadecimal values on 
the left into, say, the monitor?

4. I've been told that you can't merely identify the assembler used and 
then re-type the code into that assembler and expect it to assemble 
and/or run. Why would that be?

I apologize if these are dumb questions. As I investigate the Apple 
///, I often find people refer me to the source. But if I can't read 
it.........?

Cheers,

Mike...

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Secret Shame? Reading Source Code ultramagnus_tcv <mikew@thecomputervalet.com> - 2015-12-11 10:06 -0600
  Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Chris Torrence <gorthmog@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 08:50 -0800
    Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code ultramagnus_tcv <mikew@thecomputervalet.com> - 2015-12-12 08:38 -0600
      Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-12-12 16:04 -0600
        Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-12-12 16:10 -0600
        Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code ultramagnus_tcv <mikew@thecomputervalet.com> - 2015-12-13 10:21 -0600
          Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-12-13 11:23 -0600
            Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code ultramagnus_tcv <mikew@thecomputervalet.com> - 2015-12-13 11:41 -0600
          Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) - 2015-12-14 08:15 +1300
            Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-12-13 17:16 -0600
            Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Jeff Blakeney <CUTjeffrey_blakeney@yahoo.ca> - 2015-12-13 18:17 -0500
              Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2015-12-13 17:39 -0600
              Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code m.omalley.au@gmail.com - 2016-01-24 02:26 -0800
                Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-01-24 10:45 -0600
                Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-01-24 15:20 -0800
                Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-01-24 23:33 -0600
                Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-01-25 05:01 -0800
                Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-01-25 16:29 -0600
    Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code michael.pohoreski@gmail.com - 2016-01-27 07:09 -0800
  Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code wssimms@gmail.com - 2015-12-11 18:02 -0800
    Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code awanderin <awanderin@gmail.com> - 2015-12-11 23:01 -0700
      Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-28 12:33 -0800
        Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael Barry <barrym95838@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-28 22:50 -0800
          Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code wssimms@gmail.com - 2016-01-29 02:04 -0800
          Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-01-29 13:58 -0600
          Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-29 16:10 -0800
          Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-01-29 16:15 -0800
            Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2016-01-31 03:50 -0600
  Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code michael.pohoreski@gmail.com - 2016-01-25 11:03 -0800
  Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code michael.pohoreski@gmail.com - 2016-01-25 11:04 -0800
  Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code michael.pohoreski@gmail.com - 2016-01-27 07:14 -0800
    Re: Secret Shame? Reading Source Code ultramagnus_tcv <mikew@thecomputervalet.com> - 2016-04-29 19:33 -0500

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