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From: RCH@cup.portal.com (Ric C Helton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: wanted - basic compiler
Message-ID: <15941@cup.portal.com>
Date: 17 Mar 89 23:28:49 GMT
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I downloaded the MMG basic compiler from a BBS in Atlanta last night,
and played with it a little before going to bed.  If you want it, it
is in a DISKCOMMed file on my BBS, Freestyle, at 404/546-8256 (3/12, 24hr).

The program boots as an AUTORUN.SYS, and was DISKCOMMed with 2.0, so I will
have to play with it to see if it will run under Sparta.  The program's
copyright is 1984 so I am not really hopeful! :-)

I believe the comapny was Special Software Systems, but don't hold me to that;
it was reallllllly late!  From what I understand, though, MMG was released
into the public domain.

Program operation is simple:  you give it the name of a saved BASIC files,
the name of the file to compile into, and whether it needs INTEGER or
FLOATING POINT math.  Then it whizzes, whirs, makes several "passes" and
gives you a file roughly three times the size of the BASIC file.  The .exe
file seems to perform fine, though I will have to try it with some math-
intensive stuff to see any appreciable speed increase.

I will play with it some more and let you know.  In the meantime, give me 
a call, and try it out yourself.  (File should be called MMGCOMP.DSK or
something like that.  Type GO ATARI at the section prompt, then either
DIRECTORY or BROWSE.)

 -Ric Helton RCH@cup.portal.com
 -Freestyle BBS 404/546-8256