Re: TIB: Will TI ever introduce a C based Calculator?


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Re: TIB: Will TI ever introduce a C based Calculator?




    Umm... well, i think that making a C bsed caculator would make the code 
run A LOT faster and it would make for much easier higher graphics gaming and 
stuff like that.  But, i am learning C++ right now and i think it is a much 
more difficult language to master than Ti Basic.  Not to metion the money 
involved in this, C is designed to run on the computer not on the calculator! 
C involves A lot more memory too.  In short, i think it would be virtually 
impossible to make a C based caculator withou doing one of the following.
1.  Make a palmtop computer that has Ti calc functions.
2.  Make a kind of PC emulator to run on the Calcs then run the current C 
software
3.  Make a HIGHLY modified version of C that is designed to run with the 
calcs    
     hardware
all of the above are high cost options, but i think if one of these is done 
you could have your C and your calculator too.
so anyway, theres my thoughts on the subject.
    ~ Eric


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