Re: Compiling TI-BASIC?

Subject: Re: Compiling TI-BASIC?
From: Robert W McGrew <wesleymcgrew@JUNO.COM>
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 1996 09:29:26 EST
In-Reply-To: <Compiling TI-BASIC?>
Exactly what I intended with my original message. . .  If someone could
make it compile to ZShell, then some of the speed lost by proggin' in
TI-BASIC would be gained, giving the advantages of an easy programming
language at a decent speed.




On Mon, 4 Nov 1996 21:09:46 -0500 "P. Kolbus" <ae607@DETROIT.FREENET.ORG>
writes:
>The point is to MAKE a TI-Basic compiler (to) ZShell... We all know it
>is
>interpreted... making it COMPILED will make it run faster... BASIC
>(for PC)
>has both interpreters (GW-BASIC, QBasic) and compilers (MS-BASIC PDS,
>QuickBasic)
>
>At 11:48 11/2/96 -0400, Wild Bill wrote:
>>Robert W McGrew <wesleymcgrew@JUNO.COM> seems to think that....
>>
>>> Would it be possible to make a DOS program that would take an .85P
>>> ti-basic file and compile it into a ZShell string?  That way, the
>>> processor wouldn't have to translate the BASIC program to assembler
>when
>>> the program is run, since it will already be in assembler.
>>>
>>> I hope this isn't a stupid idea :)
>>>
>>> -|/|/esley McGrew
>>>
>>
>>TI-Basic is not a compiler, it is an interpreter.  The basic programs
>are
>>not compiled or assembled, they are merely tokenized to save RAM.
>>
>>
>>
>>The sound of silence is deafening.
>>
>>(*~*)(*~*)
>> Wild Bill
>>(*~*)(*~*)
>>
>>
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