[Coco] BASIC compiler for Rainbow IDE ?

[Ben Jimenez]

Roger,

I think something like this would be a great asset to
allot of new coco programmers like myself to be able
to speed up our code and make better games possible.
Would it be possible to add something for using the
scrolling features of the language? either way this
would be a great addition.

Ben

--- Roger Taylor <operator at coco3.com> 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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