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- From: stevev@miser.uoregon.edu (Steve VanDevender)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp48
- Subject: Re: what is this object type
- Date: 21 Jan 93 00:36:09
- Organization: University of Oregon Chemistry Stores
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- References: <1jhonfINNotl@uwm.edu> <226650007@hpcvra.cv.hp.com>
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- In-reply-to: billw@hpcvra.cv.hp.com's message of Wed, 20 Jan 1993 23:51:35 GMT
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- In article <226650007@hpcvra.cv.hp.com> billw@hpcvra.cv.hp.com
- (William C Wickes) writes:
-
- An object displayed as <#nnnnn> is a system binary. These objects are
- used commonly in system RPL programs but generally don't appear to
- the user. If a program leaves one on the stack, there must be a
- bug in the program.
-
- Well, that might be true of the HP 48 ROM programs, but I could
- imagine a lot of user-written system RPL programs that could be
- working perfectly well and return a system binary to the stack.
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