dave@cylixd.UUCP (Dave Kirby) (09/05/85)
I recently acquired the Simons Basic cartridge for my C64, and have noticed a major drawback: the renumbering command does not renumber GOTO's and GOSUB's, thereby forcing you to use the extended structured commands (CALL and EXEC). The problem is that these instructions take MUCH longer to execute than GOTO's and GOSUB's. Does anyone know of a way to speed these instructions up? I have tried moving my subroutines to the front of the program, but even then CALLing a subroutine at the front takes longer than GOSUBing to one at the end of a long program. The instructions are just outrageously slow, so slow that I find them utterly useless. As much as I like the structured instructions and named subroutines, I was forced to go back to GOTO's and GOSUB's in order to get a decent execution speed. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Dave Kirby "There is no great genius without RCA Cylix Communications some touch of madness." - Seneca Memphis, TN ...!ihnp4!akgub!cylixd!dave (The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of RCA Cylix. They may not even reflect my own.)