RE: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler
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RE: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler
Application written in Visual Basic (version 4 and earlier) and some other
similar languages requires a DLL which is an interpreter. An example of a
language that IS compiled is ZBASIC. It converts BASIC into assembly. Then,
you must use an ASSEMBLER, NOT a compiler, to turn that assembly language into
machine language. I'm not quite sure why you thought that I was saying
assembly code was not human readable; I did not say that at all. What you said
a compiler does, is actually what an assembler does. They are two different
things.
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org On Behalf Of Aaron Engelhart
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 1997 2:56 PM
To: list-zshell@lists.ticalc.org
Subject: Re: LZ: New TI-BASIC Compiler
Jeff Tyrrill wrote:
>
> First, ZBASIC has its OWN version of BASIC, it is not the same BASIC that is
> used in the calculators. Compilers for such programs as Visual Basic or
QBasic
> are not really compilers, they just convert the human-readable code into a
> simpler format. Visual Basic applications require a DLL in the
Windows/System/
> directory, which is actually a real-time interpreter. The reason is this,
and
> the TI-92's BASIC language is a very good example:
>
One comment....you've just defined a compiler. All compilers do is turn
human-readable code (I'm assuming you're saying assembly isn't
"human-readable" for some reason) into machine language (a simpler
format).
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