Shrinking my program to run another

Article View: comp.os.msdos.programmer

Article #7161

Back to comp.os.msdos.programmer Previous Next

#7161

From: Ernest J. Obusek
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1991 00:32

18 lines
1202 bytes

A program I am working on has grown quite large.  The language I am using
doesn't support overlays.  My program is split into 5 parts.  The main part
runs the others as needed.  However, I'm still running out of room.  I'd
like to be able to have the main part remove itself from memory as much as
possible while running one of the other parts.  How is this done?

I basically want a way to swap parts of my program to disk at run-time.

I am a very experienced PC programmer so don't be afraid to be technical. 

Thank you!!

Ernest

P.S.  Thanks to those who sent me info about PC serial ports.  I solved the
problem before getting a chance to read any of the responses.  I ended up
directly programming the PC's UART to the baud rate I wanted and it worked
wonderfully well!

Technical Details

Message-ID: <141957@unix.cis.pitt.edu>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!ejost

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!ejost
From: ejost@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Ernest J. Obusek)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.programmer
Subject: Shrinking my program to run another
Message-ID: <141957@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 20 Jun 91 00:32:47 GMT
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Computing & Information Services
Lines: 18