[TIB] Re: Integral Variables...

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[TIB] Re: Integral Variables...

(frowns, considers)

So...no way to optimize my game engine in that direction. 
 Ah, well.  I'll find some other way, I suppose.

Or perhaps just recode the entire thing in C.  -Maybe-. 
 My only qualm with that is that I never work on 
calculator related stuff at home.  Just in class...there's 
no way to code in C.  That I know of.

Anyone know how I might accomplish that?

On Tue, 08 Apr 2003 20:00:14 -0400
  Robert Mohr <mohr.42@osu.edu> wrote:
>I've been told of plenty of things I can't do in BASIC 
>and did as well. 
>  But integer math isn't one of them, unfortunately. 
> TI-89 BASIC has no 
>variable types, so that it can do something like 3/2 and 
>return 1.5 (or 3/2, of course) instead of 1.  68k-BASIC 
>can do that, but only by using functions like 
>intDiv(x,y), and without a speed increase i could 
>determine.  intDiv() is only there for people who want to 
>test their integer arithmatic from inside programs, not 
>for optimization.
>
>>Yeah, yeah...I know all about C.
>>
>>But I really do want to use integers.  And, eh, people 
>>have told me that I
>>can't do plenty of things in BASIC that I've accomplished 
>>in some form or
>>another anyway.  Just wondering if anyone else had 
>>accomplished it without
>>having to run amok.
>>
>>(continues to wait hopefully)
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Robert Mohr" <mohr.42@osu.edu>
>>To: <ti-basic@lists.ticalc.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2003 6:05 PM
>>Subject: [TIB] Re: Integral Variables...
>>
>>
>>
>>>There isn't a way in BASIC to do only integer math, 
>>>except by using
>>>int(), which doesn't help you much.  Look at 
>>>http://tigcc.ticalc.org/
>>>
>>>Eric Peterson wrote:
>>>
>>>>TI-89 question.  And, if it's relevant, I have AMS 2.08 
>>>>up and running
>>
>>on my
>>
>>>>calculator.
>>>>
>>>>I would like to force several of my variables into being
>>
>>integers...under
>>
>>>>BASIC.  Why?  Because floating point calcs are nasty and 
>>>>long when
>>
>>you're
>>
>>>>working purely with integers.  Does anyone know of a way 
>>>>to accomplish
>>
>>this?
>>
>>>>Hopefully,
>>>>   Eric
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Robert Mohr
>>>mohr.42@osu.edu
>>>mohrr@cis.ohio-state.edu
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>-- 
>Robert Mohr
>mohr.42@osu.edu
>mohrr@cis.ohio-state.edu
>
>

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