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CONFIGURING PROGRAMS
NOTES FOR EDICT USERS
program is called recursively. This also means that Crimson’s local variables do
not hold their values between program invocations.
• Crimson supports passing arguments into functions, so there is no need to use
global variables to improvise such functionality. As with local variables,
arguments are stored on the stack, and can thus be used recursively.
• Crimson does not support the Dispatch function. The decision as to whether to
run a program in the foreground or the background is based upon the program’s
properties, and not on the method used for its invocation.
• Crimson invokes programs using a C-style syntax, and—while the older syntax
is still supported—does not need the Run function to be used. Programs that
return values must be invoked using the newer syntax, though, as the Edict
family functions such as RunInteger are not provided.
• Programs within Crimson run much more quickly than they did within Edict!
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