RE: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler

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Subject: RE: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler
From: "Jeff Tyrrill" <Jeff_Tyrrill@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jun 97 23:47:56 UT
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Some versions of BASIC, that were designed to be compiled, CAN be. Other 
versions, which are interpreted, CANNOT be compiled. They must always use an 
interpreter.
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-----Original Message-----
From:	owner-list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org  On Behalf Of Aaron Engelhart
Sent:	Saturday, June 21, 1997 2:57 PM
To:	list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org
Subject:	Re: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler

BASIC doesn't necessarily need to be interpreted...take, for example,
ASIC. To my knowledge, this requires no external libraries.

Jimmy M=E5rdell wrote:

> Ah... basic must be interpreted... the compiler which creates an exe fi=
le 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.
>