11 Apr
2011
11 Apr
'11
3:04 p.m.
On 11 Apr 2011 at 13:51, Chris M wrote:
Is this so hard to grasp? Could you write a compiler
"on the level"
of Quick Basic w/QC? That's what I'm asking. I'll wager some type of
C compiler was used to write most of what's out there. In the case of
Quick Basic, possibly even a M$ product. Could it have been done
w/QC? Perhaps I threw some people off when I started out mentioning
Pascal, it having it's own way of storing data. May not be the first
choice when endeavoring to write a compiler (though even at least
early versions of Turbo C used pascal conventions), but were any of
these tools up to the task?
Compilers are easy--it's the run-time that's the bugger. But yeah,
you could probably do both in Quick C.
I recall when M$ packed as a freebie with their C compiler, but I
didn't bother to use it--and this may also be the reason that it
didn't catch on generally.
I preferred a more formal development style. Edit, compile, run,
lather, rinse, repeat. Lots of different source files. The time
saved by using QuickC didn't amount to a hill of beans in the overall
picture.
I find that the more sophisticated and "helpful"the IDE, the more it
tends to disturb my thought processes.
But then, I'm old.
--Chuck