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Still seems to me like something there should be "standard library" symbols for? Or is there some cultural reason for this?
by kristiandupont 4y ago
Still seems to me like something there should be "standard library" symbols for? Or is there some cultural reason for this?
- nubinetwork 4y agoYou would think so, but between NIH, old unmaintainable code (like nesasm/magickit), or not knowing other code exists, a lot of times you'll see people reinventing the wheel.
- pubby 4y agoThere's standardized names for the graphics registers. The convention for the sound registers is to use the address itself, as there are lots of sound registers and each does multiple things.
- postalrat 4y agoWould you rather have a many different set of constants for the same addresses or just the addresses themselves? Or do you think all NES developers can agree on the same names?
- Drakim 4y agoSome people prefer localhost, others like 127.0.0.1
- noobermin 4y agoWhen you program in ASM you can choose to use an alias but sometimes it's easier just to use the addresses. If you do NES stuff for a while you just memorize them or at the very least recognize them on sight.