Sorry I dont see what this has to do with the size of the code? If you write a good routine it probably quite poratable between all basics and other languages and Amos wouldnt take any more lines of code than any other basic. Eazy Amos left out other things that would have made life easier.
I just thought it a bit misleading thats all.
Most Amos books etc describes Amal as an easy way to dispaly Animation and I agree.