Re: SD: Basic shells

To: shell-developers@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: SD: Basic shells
From: Keith Burzinski <tsk3000@prodigy.net>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 17:20:22 -0800
Organization: Prodigy Internet
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Bryan Rabeler wrote:
> 
> TurboSoft@aol.com wrote:
> 
> > In a message dated 97-11-23 14:45:25 EST, you write:
> >
> > << Theres really no such thing as a basic shell.
> >
> >
> > okay l mean GUIs then.
> > why aren't Basic _GUIs_ shells then?
> 
> Because basic is very inefficient compared to assembly.  It runs much
> slower and you can't do as much as in assembly.
In addition, there is no way to read the files in the calculator's
memory through basic.  The definition of a "shell" is a program that
reads and lists (in an orderly fashion) programs in a storage device. 
There is simply no way to do this in TI-BASIC.

Reguards,
-- 
~Keith
tsk3000@Prodigy.Net
http://pages.prodigy.net/tsk3000/

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Re: SD: Basic shells

From: TurboSoft@aol.com

Re: SD: Basic shells

From: Bryan Rabeler <brabeler@isd.ingham.k12.mi.us>