A85: Speaking of High Level Languages... was: starting out

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Subject: A85: Speaking of High Level Languages... was: starting out
From: mikep@anet-dfw.com (Michael Pearce)
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1997 17:39:35 GMT
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Isn't there a version of "Little C" for the z80?  has anyone ever
converted this to work with the TI?

-mike pearce


>Assembler is by far the most difficult language to program in, short of
>trying to write in machine language.  If you just starting out, I
>recommend learning a high level language like BASIC, Pascal or C.  There
>isn't much in the way of HLL compilers for the TI (but I think someone
>wrote a HLL complier call HAL? but someone will have to correct me on
>that).  Assembly on a Z80 is signifantly easier that Assembly on a
>80x86.  If you must start with an assembler language then start with the
>Z80 and I would suggest starting with the ZShell standard.  I'm not
>saying that it's better then other shells but it's easier to use the
>more advanced features of other shells (features like: relocation, and
>libraries) when you understand how we did things in the past.
>
>Someone offers a ZShell online programming course.  There is a like to
>it from TICALC.ORG.
>and BTW the old BASIC (Not QBasic or visual Basic) it about the closest
>HLL to assembler if you looking to go in that direction right away.
>
>Daniel
>s1274061@uottawa.ca
>
>

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