[Coco] 6809 example

[jimcox at miba51.com]

On Sat, 17 Jan 2004 03:21:10 -0600
  Roger Taylor <rtaylor at bayou.com> wrote:
>At 10:23 PM 1/16/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>>On Fri, 16 Jan 2004 23:03:23 -0600
>>  Roger Taylor <rtaylor at bayou.com> wrote:
>>>Snipped.
>>
>>Thanks Roger.  BTW, is the HLA that you use the same that 
>>in the book from No Starch Press, "The Art of Assembly 
>>Language?"
>>
>>Jim
>
>
>Yes, that's the one.  CCASM and Portal-9 are written in 
>HLA.
>
>I keep in touch with Randall on a daily basis.  One of 
>the reasons how CCASM and Portal-9 were created so 
>quickly compared to all of my other work is because this 
>man has always been there to answer my questions and get 
>me out of a bind, as I learn(ed) HLA.  The other thing is 
>that I'm pretty much a power coder, pounding the keyboard 
>90 miles an hour with 8 or 9 windows open that all might 
>be playing some part.  One window might be Randall's 
>mailing list where I'm waiting for a response to why I 
>can't reference a structure field correctly, etc.  But I 
>don't wait... I'm always working on something.  Randall 
>has also put in features that I hinted around for.  For 
>his generosity, I owe him a lot.
>
>He's got more literature in proofreading now that should 
>be out in a few months.  I've had his AoA book for a few 
>years now in printout form, taking up 3 thick binders. 
> I've gone through a lot of ink updating the chapters as 
>he changes them.  They trimmed the AoA book down a bit 
>for the press copy.  I think the term is called abridged.
>
>

Roger:

Forgive me if this is dumb question, but I'm a programming 
newbie, but is HLA an intermediate step between Assembly 
and languages like C and if so, would it have some use in 
the mainstream market.  It seems like a more essorteric 
language than the more accepted ones or is it jus new?

Jim