Re: Puzzling stuff at the end of standard QSTRUP

["Art Tostaine, Jr." <atostaine@xxxxxxxxx>]

I was told it put the copyright in the compiled object. This was probably
v3r2 and whoever told me I just assumed they were right.

On Wed, Nov 2, 2022 at 8:08 PM <smith5646midrange@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Without the CHGVAR, the compiler drops the variable from the program and
> thus drops the copyright line from it.  What purpose it has beyond that, I
> don't know unless it is just a way to force the copyright to be part of the
> compiled code.
>
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> Subject: Puzzling stuff at the end of standard QSTRUP
>
> Does anybody know what these lines are all about, at the end of the
> "as-delivered" QSTRUP:
>
>   NOWTRS:
>        RETURN
>        CHGVAR VAR(&CPYR) VALUE(&CPYR)
>
> Now, clearly the label "NOWTRS" means "no writers," not "Now TRS-80."
> But then, we have a RETURN, right before a CHGVAR that appears to be
> equivalent to a NO-OP.
>
> Seems kind of pointless.
>
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