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Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0)

From awanderin <awanderin@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.sys.apple2.programmer
Subject Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0)
Date 2016-02-29 22:46 -0700
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Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> writes:

> On 2016-02-28 22:58, awanderin wrote:
>> You could also do a ProDOS "FRE" followed by the applesloth FRE(0) and
>> get your number fairly quickly.  If you don't have much string action in
>> your program, the Applesoft FRE(0) is not going to take long anyhow.
>
> I'd tried that; FRE(0) still took ever. (The immediately relevant
> program is a catalog browser, that uses several large arrays.)

Oh right, I forgot that BASIC.SYSTEM actually turns on TRACE mode and
hides the output, so that it can spy on variable use after each
statement.  I believe that is how it auto-issues the FRE command.

--
Jerry    awanderin at gmail dot com

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AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2016-02-28 05:08 -0600
  Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-02-28 07:16 -0800
    Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> - 2016-02-28 17:19 -0600
    Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2016-02-28 22:20 -0600
      Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) awanderin <awanderin@gmail.com> - 2016-02-28 21:58 -0700
        Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) Michael Pohoreski <michael.pohoreski@gmail.com> - 2016-02-29 12:48 -0800
        Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2016-02-29 19:18 -0600
          Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-02-29 17:53 -0800
            Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) Brian Patrie <bpatrie@bellsouth.spamisicky.net> - 2016-02-29 23:07 -0600
          Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) awanderin <awanderin@gmail.com> - 2016-02-29 22:46 -0700
            Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) Benoit0123 <bgilon@free.fr> - 2016-03-04 13:19 +0000
              Re: AppleSoft free memory without using FRE(0) gids.rs@sasktel.net - 2016-03-04 07:48 -0800

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