Basic Stamp: interpreted vs compiled

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• K de Jong Posts: 154

  2004-08-19 22:43 edited 2004-08-19 22:43

  Yes, it is an interesting question.
  
  To find the answer you may have to go back over a decade, to the early 90's, when the Stamp BS1 was invented. In that time compiling BASIC was not common, and to stay backwards compatible it stayed interpreted.
  
  That may be why.
  
  But there may be other reasons too, of course.
  
  Regards,
  
  Klaus
• kyaw swar Posts: 1

  2004-08-22 02:13 edited 2004-08-22 02:13

  ·I WANT LEARN ABOUT MICROCONTROLLER AND BASIC STAMP BUT I DO NOT HAVE MONEY FOR BUY THE SOFTWARE AND PROGRAM FILE,CAN YOU HELP TO ME .
  
  Post Edited (kyaw swar) : 8/22/2004 2:17:51 AM GMT
• Jon Williams Posts: 6,491

  2004-08-22 11:43 edited 2004-08-22 11:43

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• Adrian Schneider Posts: 92

  2004-09-02 11:12 edited 2004-09-02 11:12

  the main reason why tokenizing was chosen over (native code) compilation for basic stamps was
  that tokenized code is more memory efficient (a single token can stand for a whole native
  code subprogram) and memory was/is more limited with basic stamps than cpu power.
  Besides this, tokenized code running on a software interpreter allows to change the underlying
  hardware (e.g. CPU) while keeping the development system compatible.
  
  Regards
  Adrian