Re: 86 Basic to ASM

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Subject: Re: 86 Basic to ASM
From: Tom Lake <tomlake@SLIC.COM>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 1997 19:30:44 -0400
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 Jeff Tyrrill wrote in article ...
>It seems that if you just made a p-code generator, it wouldn't help the
speed,
>and the size difference would be offset by the p-code interpreter on the
>calculator. Also, whatever compiling/interpreting method you use, you
would
>have to be able to make calls to the built-in interpreter to execute
TI-BASIC
>code generated during runtime (such as a mathematical expression entered
at an
>INPUT command).

HAL isn't a p-code interpreter.  It generates Z-80 machine language.  You
could add a 100% m/l library to do floating point functions such as
parsing/executing an expression at runtime.

Tom Lake

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Re: 86 Basic to ASM

From: Jeff Tyrrill <Jeff_Tyrrill@MSN.COM>

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