Re: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler

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Subject: Re: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler
From: Jimmy Mårdell <mja@algonet.se>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 22:42:39 -0700
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WonderWhim@aol.com wrote:
> 
> 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.

Ah... basic must be interpreted... the compiler which creates an exe file of
a basic files doesn't actually compile the basic program. The EXE file contains
the interpreter + the basic program in bytecode. QuickBasic for example, does this.
Visual Basic uses VBRUNx00.DLL, which is the interpretor.

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