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From: ttobler@unislc.uucp (Trent Tobler)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Self modifying code
Message-ID: <1991Jun2.091922.13501@unislc.uucp>
Date: 2 Jun 91 09:19:22 GMT
References: <1991May30.005339.14067@cs.umu.se>
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>Second, in this case I think your idea is dumb, unless I misunderstand
>your plan.  If you have a routine for Each pixel, then you have to
>loop and read and write a value for each pixel, with a BSR or JSR and a RET.
>pixels a lot of times.  Finally, the blitter is great for fast lines,
>and faster than the CPU unless your on a 3000 and optimize you code
>just right.

But that was just an example.  Suppose I want to write an interactive
language that compiles directly to machine language which I may choose
to then execute  (I believe JForth does this?)

Coding time can be reduce by leaps and bounds if after I type the
definition of a command, I can test immediately without doing the
compile-link-run sequence from the operating system.

So, what is a good way to implement this type of thing?
--
   Trent Tobler - ttobler@csulx.weber.edu