There is a new Spin/PASM compiler under construction from Parallax as pointed out. It is a rewrite in C++ and will be cross platform and open source. I believe it works already from the command line. Not sure what the plans are for the IDE yet. It has no enhancements over the Prop Tool yet but they will come.
In the mean time have a search for the BST tool from BradC which is a cross platform clone of the Prop Tool with some extra goodies like conditional compilation, unused methid removal and some code optimizations. It has been working very well for a long time now.
There has been some discussion about adding Spin and PASM to SimpleIDE, the IDE created by Jazzed for PropGCC users. It's a nice, clean, dare I say elegant, cross-platform tool. I would love to see this become multi-lingual (C, Spin, PASM, that is) as well.
There has been some discussion about adding Spin and PASM to SimpleIDE, the IDE created by Jazzed for PropGCC users. It's a nice, clean, dare I say elegant, cross-platform tool. I would love to see this become multi-lingual (C, Spin, PASM, that is) as well.
I agree. SimpleIDE is simple to use and to quickly push the limits too, like running huge C programs megabytes in size. Then with some tweaks, do the same with huge Basic programs by running them through a Basic to C translator like BCX. How long before it will be possible to run Spin programs megabytes in size? (actually I think there is a way now but I haven't tried it - run the Spin program through the Spin to C translator first).
I think we are on the cusp of some very interesting developments. In a general sense, if you can find a program that converts your favourite language into C, and you can run that program as a command line, you could shell out to that program from within SimpleIDE and then download and run the resulting C code.
So in answer to the original question, the developments might not come in the form of a better prop tool, but in the form of a tool like SimpleIDE, that IMHO is even easier to use that the proptool (kudos to jazzed!)
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In the mean time have a search for the BST tool from BradC which is a cross platform clone of the Prop Tool with some extra goodies like conditional compilation, unused methid removal and some code optimizations. It has been working very well for a long time now.
I agree. SimpleIDE is simple to use and to quickly push the limits too, like running huge C programs megabytes in size. Then with some tweaks, do the same with huge Basic programs by running them through a Basic to C translator like BCX. How long before it will be possible to run Spin programs megabytes in size? (actually I think there is a way now but I haven't tried it - run the Spin program through the Spin to C translator first).
I think we are on the cusp of some very interesting developments. In a general sense, if you can find a program that converts your favourite language into C, and you can run that program as a command line, you could shell out to that program from within SimpleIDE and then download and run the resulting C code.
So in answer to the original question, the developments might not come in the form of a better prop tool, but in the form of a tool like SimpleIDE, that IMHO is even easier to use that the proptool (kudos to jazzed!)