Posted By
Csabo
on 2009-01-12
13:10:09
|  Re: Defining a custom charset from BASIC
I see you point on why you don't think we should call it elegant.
I guess I should have defined the original goals better. Being self-contained was a requirement for me, so loading an external file is out of the question. An external file also raises potential problems: was the program loaded from tape or disk, will the file be found, etc. Not to mention if you only want to overwrite a few characters, it's a waste (of both loading time and tape/disk space).
In "other" programming worlds I probably wouldn't do this either, but for the Plus/4, the ROM is pretty much set in stone 
We can definitely agree to this: it works well, it's fast, it's definitely an option. Good job!
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