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

[rtk <oneelkruns@hotmail.com>]

On Jan 4, 12:05 am, Jerry <SNIPawande...@yahoSNIPo.ca> wrote:
> 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.

I'm with Jerry.  Python is fun and simple to learn.  Lists are nice,
too, plus automatic garbage collection, etc.  The main reason, though,
was time.  I knew if I started in C I'd likely as not never finish
because I'm getting too busy with other things, but if I used Python
it wouldn't take long.

My real goal with SPL, besides the fun of implementing it and putting
all the little assembly pieces together, is to write an SPL compiler
in SPL and thereby bootstrap it to run on a real Apple II directly.
Heaven knows when I'll get around to it, the idea for SPL floated
around in my head for several years before I did it, but eventually it
would be fun.  I think if I port the assembly code to Merlin that it
wouldn't be too hard, really.

Ron