Re: Interest in GS Applesoft compiler?

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Heck, I'd be happy to have a GS/OS version of BASIC.SYSTEM...to work just
like the P8 version...er...SHOULD work (refer to my earlier vent about
Reason #$9DBF to hate BASIC.SYSTEM) to allow me to take advantage of
certain GS/OS features from Applesoft...specifically, access to the GS/OS
file handling so that I can move files around through the GS/OS FST's. 
Come to think of it, it would be BETTER than running from the Finder...

ex:  From the Finder, if you have an Applesoft program living on an HFS or
DOS 3.3 disk, you cannot run it directly because P8 must be loaded first. 
But if you're already running in the BASIC shell, then there is no reason
that GS/OS couldn't load the program directly!

A GS/OS compiler would be nice, I'll admit.  'Course, I have a DOS 3.3
compiler, and since Applesoft programs don't take advantage of 65816
features, one could just compile under 8-bit, then use that compiled code
(and libraries) as a starting point for creating GS/OS friendly code. 
As for display modes, I'd just use the lo-res, HGR, DHR, and text screens
rather than trying to emulate it all in SHR.  I mean, there is a reason
why all that stuff is available directly on the GS, right? 8-)

--Dave
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