Re: Instr()

"Michael C" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:uQjlibb1HHA.5532@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

API means application programming interface, which applies
to any function really. It's a fairly general term.

Picking a few nits today aren't you, Michael. Are you running out of arguments? Don't people want to talk to you any more? It doesn't surprise me if they don't. Besides, I don't agree with your argument anyway. I would interpret API (Application Program Interface) as relating to a set of functions that are widely available for use by almost any application on the machine, which is quite distinct from a "special to language" function such as most of the various "built in" native Visual Basic functions.

Assembler and machine code are pretty much the same thing.

I'd guess that you are saying that because you've never actually written machine code. Try turning off your computer and writing a machine code routine with a pencil and a little notebook in such a way that the numbers you come up with will work and perform your desired task if you dump them straight into memory and point the processor at them and you'll see a very big difference between machine code and Assembler. Assembler is machine code for wimps ;-)

Mike


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