] > As far as I know, the KUN compiler generates Z80 code and then executes
] that
] > Z80 code. Otherwise, I would not know how they can get the speed they get.
] > The speed of a KUN-compiled program comes very close to the speed of an
] > assembler program. And they even have the same
] overflow-without-error-messages
] > effects for integer calculations as you have in assembler.
]
] Kun-Basic isn't a bad program, but it has a few disadvantages, it takes a
That is all true, but it does not constitute an answer to the original
question, which was:
Does kun-basic compile into Z80 machine code or does it compile into its own
byte code and interprete that.
Anyway, if you look at some demo's made by Michi, then you can see that you
can get great and fantastic results with kun-basic, despite the limitations.
It seems that the most important limiting factor for a demo is the fantasy
and capability of the creator(s) and not the soft- or hardware used to make
the demo...
I know for example that my demo's where never fantastic from a graphical
viewpoint. This has always been a week point, despite the fact that I used
assembly.
Kind regards,
Alex Wulms
--
Visit The MSX Plaza (http://www.inter.nl.net/users/A.P.Wulms) for info
on XelaSoft, Merlasoft, Quadrivium, XSA Disk images, the MSX Hardware list,
SD-Snatcher on fMSX, documentation and lots more.
****
MSX Mailinglist. To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
and put "unsubscribe msx [EMAIL PROTECTED]" (without the quotes) in
the body (not the subject) of the message.
Problems? contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
More information on MSX can be found in the following places:
The MSX faq: http://www.faq.msxnet.org/
The MSX newsgroup: comp.sys.msx
The MSX IRC channel: #MSX on Undernet
****
