[Coco] Cocopedia update

[Joel Ewy]

On 08/08/2013 04:31 PM, Wayne Campbell wrote:
> I was again able to work on the Structure of I-Code. It is my hope that I
> will soon have this page completed, at least summarily. Beyond that it will
> be making changes as people let me know what they are not understanding or
> having difficulty with. I tend to write in a fashion that allows me to make
> my writing understandable to 7th and 8th graders, so if anything seems to
> need further explanation, please let me know. I welcome all questions
> concerning Basic09 and I-Code. Even if I don't know the answer, I will try
> to find it.
>
> Wayne
> <http://www.cocopedia.com/wiki/index.php/The_Structure_of_I-Code>
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This is good stuff, Wayne.  Thanks for sharing your knowledge.  It makes 
me wonder about the possibility of an updated BASIC-09 compiler that 
would produce compatible i-code modules -- or maybe even a different 
language entirely that would compile to i-code. What I would really like 
to see in BASIC-09 is meaningful labels for program flow instead of line 
numbers.  That would make ON GOTO and ON GOSUB much nicer, for 
instance.  Couldn't that be done by hashing symbolic names into line 
numbers without any change to the i-code structure?  I could also do 
without the integrated editor.  I'd love to see a stand-alone BASIC-09 
compiler, or a modernized IDE.

Thanks again for documenting this stuff.

JCE

p.s.  I originally sent this reply on 8/9/13, but it never appeared in 
my CoCo mail list folder, though it shows up in Thunderbird's 'Sent'.  
Not sure what happened there.  Sorry if it duplicates.