Re: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler
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Re: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler
In a message dated 97-06-19 15:43:06 EDT, you write:
>
> TI-BASIC, on the TI-85, is an interpreted language. You CAN NOT compile an
> interpreted language. You just can't. The only way around it is to make
Then how do you explain the existance of compilers for interpreted languages
like basic and awk? Languages are not bound to being interpreted or
compiled.
> calls
> to the TI-85's BASIC interpreter whenever code generated on-the-fly needs
to
>
> be executed. IMO, this is not worth the trouble. That is the reason that a
> compiler would not work with *.85p files.
Actually, you could take the basic source and convert it to assembly code.
In fact, there is already a program that does this, ZBasic, which is
available somewhere on ticalc.org
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