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Bean: SX/B Development?

Bill ChennaultBill Chennault Posts: 1,198
edited 2009-08-05 01:46 in General Discussion
Bean--

How will the SX EOL announcement affect your SX/B development?

Thanks.

--Bill

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  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2009-08-04 17:36
    Bill,
    That is up to Parallax. They are funding it. But in my mind it doesn't make much sense to continue development for a processor that is EOL.
    I'm sure support and bug fixes will be provided until all the SX's are gone, but further development is senseless.

    SX/B 2.0 is pretty good, and except for bug fixes, I hadn't planned any additions anyway.

    Bean.

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  • Ken GraceyKen Gracey Posts: 7,403
    edited 2009-08-04 17:59
    SX may be EOL, but I suspect we'll actually have chips for a long time.

    Bean and I will need to talk about SX/B at some point pretty soon to figure out the future of the compiler. I'm sure that Jonny Mac and a bunch of customers wouldn't like to see it go away, so I imagine it will always be available but perhaps it won't evolve anymore.

    If Bean chose to do a PBASIC => Spin compiler for the Propeller that could be really interesting.

    Ken Gracey
  • Bill ChennaultBill Chennault Posts: 1,198
    edited 2009-08-04 18:35
    Bean and Ken--

    Bean, I certainly understand. You did a magnificent job.

    Ken, if Bean did a PBASIC --> Spin compiler that WOULD be interesting, to say the very least.

    --Bill

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  • Peter VerkaikPeter Verkaik Posts: 3,956
    edited 2009-08-04 18:51
    I'd say SX/B 2 is better than pretty good.
    The only things missing are wordarrays, but these are easily implemented
    using two subroutines. See attachement.

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  • JonnyMacJonnyMac Posts: 9,213
    edited 2009-08-04 22:32
    For once PV and I agree! tongue.gif -- SX/B is far better that "pretty good." Even with the OEL I have a new EFX-TEK product on my desk that uses the SX and I'm coding it in SX/B. Thanks to Parallax, EOL does not mean end-of-availability.
  • Shawn LoweShawn Lowe Posts: 635
    edited 2009-08-04 23:08
    JonnyMac said...
    For once PV and I agree! tongue.gif -- SX/B is far better that "pretty good." Even with the OEL I have a new EFX-TEK product on my desk that uses the SX and I'm coding it in SX/B. Thanks to Parallax, EOL does not mean end-of-availability.
    Hmmm..that wouldn't be something that can make scary noises would it? shocked.gif

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  • JonnyMacJonnyMac Posts: 9,213
    edited 2009-08-05 01:46
    Uh... yeah.
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