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Re: Any practical use for Atoms?

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Subject Re: Any practical use for Atoms?
Date Tue, 15 Nov 2016 22:31:20 -0800
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Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> writes:
>>> VARIABLE FOO  instead.
>> Burning a runtime memory cell for each such symbol ...
> Ummm... what?  How much memory is that going to save?

One cell for each such symbol, I'd expect.  On an MCU that's
significant.

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Any practical use for Atoms? trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-11-14 08:42 -0800
  Re: Any practical use for Atoms? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-11-14 10:48 -0600
    Re: Any practical use for Atoms? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-14 08:51 -0800
      Re: Any practical use for Atoms? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-11-14 12:03 -0600
        Re: Any practical use for Atoms? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-11-15 22:31 -0800
          Re: Any practical use for Atoms? Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-11-16 03:01 -0600
  Re: Any practical use for Atoms? Rod Pemberton <NeedNotReplyHere@xrsevnneqk.cem> - 2016-11-14 16:39 -0500
    Re: Any practical use for Atoms? trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-11-14 14:12 -0800
    Re: Any practical use for Atoms? Mark Wills <markwills1970@gmail.com> - 2016-11-15 03:16 -0800
    Re: Any practical use for Atoms? Gerry Jackson <gerry@jackson9000.fsnet.co.uk> - 2016-11-15 17:46 +0000
      Re: Any practical use for Atoms? trans <transfire@gmail.com> - 2016-11-15 21:00 -0800
        Re: Any practical use for Atoms? albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-11-16 11:55 +0100
          Re: Any practical use for Atoms? anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-11-17 13:32 +0000
  Re: Any practical use for Atoms? albert@cherry.spenarnc.xs4all.nl (Albert van der Horst) - 2016-11-15 13:21 +0100

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