[Coco] 6x09/hello_os9-Commented

[gene heskett]

On 10/3/23 15:21, Gregory Law via Coco wrote:
> Correct me I'm mistaken, but doesn't FCS actually terminate the string
> by setting the high bit in the last character instead of appending a
> terminating 0?
> 

That is how I remember it Greg. But it been yonks since I used it.

> On 10/1/2023 9:31:40 PM, "Allen Huffman via Coco" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> ‘6) fcs - form constant string? I think. It’s a series of characters with a 0 added at the end.
>>
>> 	fcs ‘hello’
>>
>> Will place:  ‘h’,’e’,’l’,’l’,’o’,0
>>
>> If you use fcc, you do not get the added 0 at the end.
>>
> 

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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