diff --git a/test-math32.tal b/test-math32.tal
index 224a74d..284d658 100644
--- a/test-math32.tal
+++ b/test-math32.tal
@@ -3,11 +3,9 @@
 ( methods for testing math32 and emitting output )
 
 %EMIT { #18 DEO }
-%DIGIT { #00 SWP ;digits ADD2 LDA EMIT }
 %SPACE { #20 EMIT }
 %NEWLINE { #0a EMIT }
 %RESET-POS { #0000 ;pos STA2 #00 ;buf STA }
-%EMIT-BYTE { DUP #04 SFT DIGIT #0f AND DIGIT }
 
 ( devices )
 |10 @Console    [ &vector $2 &read     $1 &pad    $5 &write $1 ]
@@ -87,13 +85,13 @@ JMP2r
 ( format: ". xxxxxxxx" -> "zzzzzzzz" )
 @unary-32-test
     ;buf #0002 ADD2 ;read-long JSR2
-    ROT2 JSR2 ;emit-long JSR2
+    ROT2 JSR2 ;emit/long JSR2
     NEWLINE RESET-POS BRK
 
 ( format: ". xxxxxxxx" -> "zz" )
 @unary-32-8-test
     ;buf #0002 ADD2 ;read-long JSR2
-    ROT2 JSR2 ;emit-byte JSR2
+    ROT2 JSR2 ;emit/byte JSR2
     NEWLINE RESET-POS BRK
 
 ( format: ". xxxxxxxx yyyyyyyy" -> "zzzzzzzz" )
@@ -101,7 +99,7 @@ JMP2r
     ;buf #0002 ADD2 ;read-long JSR2
     ROT2
     ;buf #000b ADD2 ;read-long JSR2
-    ROT2 JSR2 ;emit-long JSR2
+    ROT2 JSR2 ;emit/long JSR2
     NEWLINE RESET-POS BRK
 
 ( format: ". xxxxxxxx yy" -> "zzzzzzzz" )
@@ -109,7 +107,7 @@ JMP2r
     ;buf #0002 ADD2 ;read-long JSR2
     ROT2
     ;buf #000b ADD2 ;read-byte JSR2
-    TOR JSR2 ;emit-long JSR2
+    TOR JSR2 ;emit/long JSR2
     NEWLINE RESET-POS BRK
 
 ( format: ". xxxxxxxx yyyyyyyy" -> "zz" )
@@ -117,7 +115,7 @@ JMP2r
     ;buf #0002 ADD2 ;read-long JSR2
     ROT2
     ;buf #000b ADD2 ;read-long JSR2
-    ROT2 JSR2 ;emit-byte JSR2
+    ROT2 JSR2 ;emit/byte JSR2
     NEWLINE RESET-POS BRK
 
 ( different test executors )
@@ -144,17 +142,9 @@ JMP2r
 @test-gt32 ;gt32 ;binary-32-32-8-test JMP2
 @test-gteq32 ;gteq32 ;binary-32-32-8-test JMP2
 
-@emit-long ( hi* lo* -> )
-    SWP2
-    SWP EMIT-BYTE EMIT-BYTE
-    SWP EMIT-BYTE EMIT-BYTE
-JMP2r
-
-@emit-byte ( x^ -> )
-    EMIT-BYTE
-JMP2r
-
-( convenience for less branching when printing hex )
-@digits
-    30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37
-    38 39 61 62 63 64 65 66
+@emit
+    &long SWP2 ,&short JSR
+    &short SWP ,&byte JSR
+    &byte DUP #04 SFT ,&char JSR
+    &char #0f AND DUP #09 GTH #27 MUL ADD #30 ADD #18 DEO
+    JMP2r
diff --git a/tester.py b/tester.py
index ff116e3..c3bb331 100644
--- a/tester.py
+++ b/tester.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ def main():
     test(p, trials, b'}', [('x', u32), ('y', u32)], u8, lambda x, y: int(x >= y))
     p.stdin.close()
     p.stdout.close()
+    p.kill()
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     main()