Re: Compiling TI-BASIC?

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Re: Compiling TI-BASIC?

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.
>
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