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I just got the AC Basic compiler in the mail today, and wanted to see if
anyone else on the forum has the compiler and can help me with a quirk I've
noticed in compiled programs. In the compiled program, whenever text is being
printed to the screen, either with PRINT or INPUT, the screen will flash just
as if someone quickly turned off the display, and then turned it back on
again. I looked through the book to see if there was any special compiler
option that I needed to set, but didn't notice any. Could be a compiler bug,
but if you have any ideas, it sure would be appreciated. By the way, I was
talking with one of the programmers at Absoft, and version 1.3 will be out
real soon. So if it is a compiler bug, hopefully it will be corrected in the
new version.
I've noticed the same thing. I've also had some problems with converting
numbers to strings when using integers, and also when opening disk fonts via
library calls. I only use the compiler occasionally, but overall I'm happy
with it.
For those of you reading this that hate the AmigaBasic editor, the AbSoft
compiler + TxED (or any easy to use editor) makes a nice programming
environment for compiled Basic. Put the compiler in the c: directory and it
works like a C or ASM compiler from CLI. —Mike
Thanks Mike for the reply. Well at least I know I'm not the only one who
noticed the INPUT quirk. I think I will call ABsoft tomorrow and see what
they say about it. It could be something we are doing wrong, but my first
impression is a compiler bug. Overall, the ABsoft compiler looks like a nice
package. So far, there hasn't been any Basic program it can't compile, and
didn't have to make any changes at all on most of the programs I've compiled.
Thanks Mike for the reply. Well at least I know I'm not the only one who
noticed the INPUT quirk. I think I will call ABsoft tomorrow and see what
they say about it. It could be something we are doing wrong, but my first
impression is a compiler bug. Overall, the ABsoft compiler looks like a nice
package. So far, there hasn't been any Basic program it can't compile, and
didn't have to make any changes at all on most of the programs I've compiled.
I've noticed the same thing. I've also had some problems with converting
numbers to strings when using integers, and also when opening disk fonts via
library calls. I only use the compiler occasionally, but overall I'm happy
with it.
For those of you reading this that hate the AmigaBasic editor, the AbSoft
compiler + TxED (or any easy to use editor) makes a nice programming
environment for compiled Basic. Put the compiler in the c: directory and it
works like a C or ASM compiler from CLI. —Mike