Re: ANN: New 6502 cross-compiler designed for the Apple II

[Jerry <SNIPawanderin@yahoSNIPo.ca>]

MdntTrain wrote:

> On Jan 2, 2:27 pm, rtk <oneelkr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>> > I have the impression that a Mac running OSX handles the SPL, Python,
>> > and AS6502 portions fine.
>>
>> This is correct.  Python runs wonderfully on Macs and the archive
>> includes (or, rather, should include) a precompiled as6502 for the
>> Macintosh (Intel Macs only since that's the only Mac I have).  Python
>> runs everywhere, if you can get as6502.c compiled on your platform
>> then you can run SPL everywhere, too.  As I said, as6502.c compiles as-
>> is on old VMS systems so I suspect it will work on most systems with a
>> C compiler.
>>
>> Ron
> 
> Ron, I have an IMSAI 8080 with a working C compiler.. Do you know if
> there is a CPM version of Python?
> 
> Just kidding.  ;-)
> 
> Since I'm not familiar with Python, I'm curious what made you choose
> it to develop "SPL" in instead of something like the C language?
> Would be cool to know.

I can't speak for Ron, but programming in Python is fun.  Compared to C it
is a very expressive language, and it is quite easy to read compared to
say, Perl.

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--  Jerry