[Coco] C interpreter for Coco BASIC?

[James Ross]

I hear you about the time! I have the same issue! With limited time, at some point, I need to settle on a CoCo project, focus on it, and see it through completion instead of just throwing out ideas / jumping from idea to idea.  

This project of yours sounds pretty cool. I like the approach w/ the portable ANSI C which can be re-used for other projects.  

Out of curiosity, how compatible w/ CB/ECB/DECB are you shooting for? 

James

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Subject: Re: [Coco] C interpreter for Coco BASIC?

On 3/15/2017 6:33 PM, James Ross wrote:
> Jim wrote
>> Before I go roll my own interpreter for the Coco tokenized BASIC, anyone
>> know of an open source C implementation?
> Sounds like an interesting project Jim -- did a I miss an announcement describing what this project is about? Or, are you keeping it under wraps to announce it at the CoCo Fest?
Since my time comes in spurts, given my day job, I try my best to not
announce things until I am absolutely positive they are going to
happen.  This one is not quite there.

But, if folks are interested in working on it with me (all my projects
are open source), I am happy to share details.  At this point, it's AVR
C code, and right at the absolutely present moment, it is straight ANSI
C code that I am compiling on Linux and Windows to implement the BASIC
interpreter.  I figure the interpreter is not project specific, so I am
implementing code to run on newer OSes.. I am happy to have help there.
Later on, I will backport to the AVR codebase and fixup the small HW
nuances (no filesystems, etc.)

And, assuming I can get my act together this weekend and get the board
laid out, I'll spin a board for CocoFEST.

If it works, I think it'll be a fun project/tool for the attendees.

Jim

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