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lp060

Member Since 27 Feb 2008
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In Topic: n00b question - programming on the ST?

Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:14 PM

The author of fast basic is Jeremy Ruston. I found him on twitter:

http://twitter.com/#...850504150528001

He mentions it in the link.

He should be able to end the mystery about the compiler if someone asks him. Whoever decides to contact him, ask him about the source code too. It won't be me, I have no luck in such matters.

In Topic: n00b question - programming on the ST?

Wed Mar 14, 2012 3:54 PM

There was a thread over at AF about it, a few people dug up manuals and disks and the like, but no one found a compiler. If someone digs one up I'd like to see it. I did contact the company, or whats left of it and they couldn't tell me anything. They only vaguely recognized the product name and could not even tell me who created it. The author was long gone from the company.

In Topic: n00b question - programming on the ST?

Wed Mar 14, 2012 2:11 PM

View Postoky2000, on Wed Mar 14, 2012 5:42 AM, said:

There was a compiler sold as a separate package, you're thinking of the 'run time' disk that comes with the interpreter for free.

Do you have a copy of it? The compiler has never turned up in other threads on other forums either, in fact the consesus is it never had one. Hense my post based on other threads I've seen about it. There is a tool on the runtime disk that will append the runtime to a source file making it appear as if its compiled. My guess is people have confused this with a real compiler.

In Topic: n00b question - programming on the ST?

Sun Mar 11, 2012 1:58 PM

View Postdark willow, on Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:42 AM, said:

On the downside, GFA compiled code is not - at present - executable on the Firebee, so if you are thinking of developing specifically for that system, you will need to look elsewhere.

Supposeodly this issue will be addressed at the Firebee in the future. However, if and when GFA runs it won't be full speed, but thats better than nothing.

As for FAST BASIC, there is no compiler that I'm aware of, which makes it unsuitable to distribute programs, unless one likes to give out their source code.

In Topic: Motorola 68881 & 68882 math co-processors...

Thu Feb 2, 2012 6:19 PM

GFA-Basic had FPU options added when the TT030 came out. That should clearify which FPU GFA expects to find since the command to activate the FPU options is "TT?". ;)

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