[Coco] BASIC compiler for Rainbow IDE ?

[Diego Barizo]

:-O :-X :-D !!!!!!!!

I would get a new job just to be able to pay for it!

Diego


Roger Taylor wrote:

> If you're interested in a drop-in BASIC compiler for the Rainbow IDE, 

> please raise your hand?

>

> To have this work with the existing versions of Rainbow, the idea is 

> to have any .bas files loaded in the tabs first, then a single .asm 

> file loaded last would "include" the ".asm" output from the ".bas" 

> objects.

>

> ROM Paks and LOADMable binaries could be created from BASIC programs.  

> However, I don't think I can dupe the entire CoCo 3 command set.  I'd 

> start with standard BASIC and work my way up to a subset of ECB, and 

> so forth.  The compiler would support a subset of the entire CoCo 

> 1/2/3 BASIC command set.

>

> The main goal is to let non-ML/assembly programmers create super fast 

> ML programs without learning assembly.

>

> A sample project could contain files like this:

>

> components:

> tab file 1) test.bas  -> assemble to -> test.asm

> tab file 2) main.asm:  (include "test.asm") -> assemble to -> main.bin

>

> Origin control (where the program will load in RAM) would be possible 

> from the BASIC language with a command like "org $2000" just like in 

> assembly.

>

> It should also be possible to compile C programs from the Rainbow IDE 

> right now if anyone knows of a good C compiler, by setting the output 

> object filename to "something.asm" then having a make.asm file include 

> "something.asm", and ofcourse use CCASM as the assembler for best 

> results.  I'm not sure what C compilers (or other 6809 output 

> compilers) output CCASM or EDTASM-compatible source code.  If anyone 

> has any info on this, please let me know so I can add some support 

> specs in my Rainbow and CCASM docs.

>

>

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