A86: Re: C compiler

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Subject: A86: Re: C compiler
From: "Dux Gregis" <assets@eden.rutgers.edu>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 17:51:46 -0400
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I don't know C so I couldn't write a compiler, but as for java, there's no
way.  In java you can't access memory directly, you would have run a garbage
collector, and it's impossible to store all the necessary class libraries in
the 86 memory.  It would also be very slow and impractical.


>
>Has there ever been thought of creating a simple
>C compiler for the TI-86?  If not, does anyone
>have any real experience writing compiler/interpreters.
>
>
>Maybe Java instead?  Compile the Java code into
>TI-86 Asm?
>
>Any thoughts?  It would GREATLY simplify programming
>games/utilities, but would be a huge task for 1 person
>to undertake.
>
>~DJ Love Toad

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