slow down on 86 and 83

To: CALC-TI@LISTS.PPP.TI.COM
Subject: slow down on 86 and 83
From: Jody <jody1@ALASKA.NET>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 1998 01:44:24 +0000
Reply-To: Jody <jody1@ALASKA.NET>

>
> When you run a program for the first time after opening it up in the editor
> it "tokenizes" the program(replaces long commands, etc with shorter stuff
> that the calc can understand).  This takes time but also makes the program
> smaller.  When a program is opened in the editor it is "detokenized" and
> will be tokenized again when you run it.  If you want your programs to run
> fast all the time, just don't open them in the editor or run them
> immediately after editing.  I am pretty sure this is what's happening.
>
> Michael Turitzin
>

However, on the 83 I don't think the calc detokenizes. If you edit a
program on the 83 it will still jump over commands like sin( and cos(.
I believe this is because they are still tokenized.

Jody Snider
jody1@alaska.net