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PropBasic on Prop 2 easily doable?

pmrobertpmrobert Posts: 675
edited 2012-11-14 16:46 in Propeller 1
Just throwing a thought out there - Propbasic has been a fantastic way to easily throw together very fast simple algorithms. It's also a great tool to learn how PASM works. It would be great to have a Prop 2 version. What say you Bean? I also want to express my personal gratitude to you for creating Propbasic.

-Mike

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  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2012-11-13 10:16
    I have looked at the Prop 2, but the info seems to be in a state of flux at this time.
    For example I looked at the instructions in the "Propeller 2 Detailed Preliminary Feature List". Then I looked at Chip's monitor code. He used some instructions that were not listed.

    After there is some non-preliminary documentation and I can get some of the chips to try, I'm sure I'll be working on it.

    I haven't seen anything about LMM on the prop 2 except that it is somewhat optimized for it.

    For the most part it will be just changing the instructions that are different (and maybe adding a couple like RDQUAD, WRQUAD).

    I'm looking forward to it...

    Bean
  • pmrobertpmrobert Posts: 675
    edited 2012-11-14 12:48
    That's certainly good news! On a slightly different note, I believe you've stated that the compiler is written in Delphi. Have you considered porting it to the Linux environment? FPC and Lazarus might make this easily doable. Just a thought...

    -Mike
  • BeanBean Posts: 8,129
    edited 2012-11-14 16:46
    Yes, it can be compiled with Lazarus. BradC did it for BST. I'm just not familiar at all with Mac or Linux.

    Bean
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