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Accelerator
Post by dfeugey on Jun 11th, 2015, 09:30am

Hi.

ASM is good, but complex too. My suggestion is a small language (no DLL/SYS/FUNC/PROC calls, no graphics/sound operations, fixed set of variables) compiled on the fly, for heavy computation needs.

First benefit: usable by everyone.
Second benefit: little interaction with Basic code, so possibility to use threads (multicore!).
Third benefit: it could be cloned in BBC Basic VI (RISC OS).
Re: Accelerator
Post by rtr2 on Jun 11th, 2015, 10:39am

on Jun 11th, 2015, 09:30am, dfeugey wrote:
My suggestion is a small language (no DLL/SYS/FUNC/PROC calls, no graphics/sound operations, fixed set of variables) compiled on the fly, for heavy computation needs.

There is the FORTHLIB library, which allows you to code time-critical parts of your program in Forth. Not as fast as fully-compiled code, but faster than interpreted BASIC and a well-known well-documented language. This meets quite a lot of your 'wishlist' I think.

Richard.
Re: Accelerator
Post by dfeugey on Jun 11th, 2015, 10:52am

on Jun 11th, 2015, 10:39am, g4bau wrote:
There is the FORTHLIB library

Yep, I saw it smiley

I was a big user of Forth, but - IMHO - it's a bit complex for first time users.