Re: A86: ASM Converter from 85->86
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Re: A86: ASM Converter from 85->86
On Fri, 1 Aug 1997, James Yopp wrote:
> >> above all of that, the program to do the conversion would be smaller.
> >Smaller than what?
>
> Than a program to change the source code. If you made a program to
> account for all possible contingencies in the source code, it would be
> ridiculously large. One that dealt with bytecodes would't have to be. If
You seem to be ignoring the fact that you don't need a program to modify
source code. The programmer is (in most cases) more intelligent than his
program, and can deftly use a text editor to find and change a few lines
of code.
> there were a program to do this on the calculator, it could run ACTUAL
> ZShell strings. Just use a shell, and then copy the program into a
> buffer through the filter when it's selected. You'd have a working copy,
> and it wouldn't stay modified.
Assuming you could make this work properly for enough programs that people
would want it on their calculators, the usefulness would be still limited
by time. Once TI releases the full 86 documentation, people will start to
port their programs, or have trusted friends do so, and within a couple
months most of the 85 programs will have native 86 equivalents. Then the
filter would be of little use. Have patience, and eventually your RAM
will be full of programs.
By the way, are you working on any programs for the 86?
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Dan Eble (mailto:eble@cis.ohio-state.edu)
(http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/~eble)
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