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Re: GFA 3.07: RESERVE XX; EXEC 0,"prg"; RESERVE - help.

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From: Ewald Seibert
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 08:28
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|>  RESERVE <some amount of memory>
|>  EXEC 0,"SOME.PRG","",""
|>  RESERVE 
|> 
|>  in which the last RESERVE should reset things as they were.
|>  
|>  Since the RESERVE command as such is sort of obscure to me
|>  (HOW would *I* know what's needed for the application of John Doe's choice)
|>  I simply type RESERVE 1. 

Oh No! ... RESERVE tells GfA-Basic the amount of bytes to keep for your
Basic-PRG

Better use
		RESERVE( FRE(0) - <some Kbytes not to mess things up> ))
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From: seibert@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Ewald Seibert)
Subject: Re: GFA 3.07: RESERVE XX; EXEC 0,"prg"; RESERVE - help.
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