A86: Re: Re: C compiler

To: <assembly-86@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: A86: Re: Re: C compiler
From: "Pagemaker" <pagemaker@ez-page.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1998 18:23:20 -0400
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Well, I should state more clearly
my view on that subject... 
A variation of Java would 
be necessary.  No kidding that
the 86 couldn't handle a full
Java environment.

But if you just used a simplified
Java as an ordinary language, and
compiled it into 86-asm, it might
be practical.  It might not be that
slow either.. almost guaranteed to
be faster than basic, since its
compiled...

> 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

~DJ Love Toad