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 ==== Which registers do I use? ====
-For an address variable pick an index register, X, Y or even (user stack) U, it doesn't matter which. For a character or small numberic variable pick an accumulator, A or B, again it doesn't matter which. If you need 16-bit values use D, which is the two accumulators combined (A high, B low).
+For an address variable pick an index register, X, Y or even (user stack) U, it doesn't matter which. For a character or small numeric variable pick an accumulator, A or B, again it doesn't matter which. If you need 16-bit values use D, which is the two accumulators combined (A high, B low).
 Choice between index or accumulator severely limits the operations you can perform. Only LD, ST, and CMP are common between all user registers. General arithmetic operations (NEG, AND etc.) are limited to the 8-bit accumulators, except for ADD and SUB which are available to 16-bit D. Index registers uniquely have the LEAX operation, and the stacks (U and S) have PSH and PUL.
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 Yes, there's no reason why an assembly language subroutine shouldn't call itself. But the same caveats apply as in any other language. You must use local variables for instance, and not alter global memory in unexpected ways.
+Beware of very deep recursion; a pixel flood-fill routine might call itself thousands of times, overwriting more than the available RAM with the system stack.
 ==== What is position independence and when do I use it? ====