Re: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler

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Subject: Re: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler
From: Aaron Engelhart <engelhar@freenet.msp.mn.us>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 16:55:39 -0500
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Jeff Tyrrill wrote:
> 
> First, ZBASIC has its OWN version of BASIC, it is not the same BASIC that is
> used in the calculators. Compilers for such programs as Visual Basic or QBasic
> are not really compilers, they just convert the human-readable code into a
> simpler format. Visual Basic applications require a DLL in the Windows/System/
> directory, which is actually a real-time interpreter. The reason is this, and
> the TI-92's BASIC language is a very good example:
> 

One comment....you've just defined a compiler. All compilers do is turn
human-readable code (I'm assuming you're saying assembly isn't
"human-readable" for some reason) into machine language (a simpler
format).

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RE: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler

From: "Jeff Tyrrill" <Jeff_Tyrrill@msn.com>