Claw development system, a multiplatform programming platform [multiplatform]

DarkestEx · July 31, 2016, 12:14:17 PM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on July 30, 2016, 07:48:18 AM
Nice. I wish you good luck. Which commands will be included before your vacations?

Well the assembler is really easy to finish. I could basically implement all commands before I go, but I am fighting some nasty bugs currently so I don't think I will make it work before I go on vacation, though I will take my laptop with me and work some more on it whenever I find time.

Dream of Omnimaga · July 31, 2016, 04:11:40 PM

Good luck then and I wish you fun during your vacations.

DarkestEx · August 05, 2016, 08:11:30 AM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on July 31, 2016, 04:11:40 PM
Good luck then and I wish you fun during your vacations.

Thanks

So I found a bug that bothered me for a few days now and fixed the tokenizer in the assembler.
I am also looking into changing Claw to support 8 bit platforms.

Dream of Omnimaga · August 05, 2016, 03:57:01 PM

What was the bug and which 8-bits platforms do you mean?

DarkestEx · August 05, 2016, 04:12:05 PM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on August 05, 2016, 03:57:01 PM
What was the bug and which 8-bits platforms do you mean?

The bug was the tokenizer not recognizing the negative sign and overwriting it instead of adding it to numbers. I also fixed another bug that prevented mathematical expressions from being evaluated correctly.

With 8-bit platforms I mean support for platforms that are truly 8 bit based and which do not have acceleration for 16-bit but still basically support it (comp, add, sub, support).

Dream of Omnimaga · August 05, 2016, 09:48:05 PM

On a side note, I hope that Claw uses the same sign for negative and substractions, because in TI-BASIC editors on the PC it's annoying when you type - by habit, only to get a Syntax error on the calc because you had to use the other minus sign.

And thanks for the info about 8-bit platforms. I was wondering if that meant the NES, Sega Master System, MSX, Commodore 64 or such platforms would eventually run Claw.

DarkestEx · August 05, 2016, 10:23:00 PM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on August 05, 2016, 09:48:05 PM
On a side note, I hope that Claw uses the same sign for negative and substractions, because in TI-BASIC editors on the PC it's annoying when you type - by habit, only to get a Syntax error on the calc because you had to use the other minus sign.

And thanks for the info about 8-bit platforms. I was wondering if that meant the NES, Sega Master System, MSX, Commodore 64 or such platforms would eventually run Claw.

First, of course BUT there is a limitation. Negative numbers have to be put in parantheses if they are not the first number in an equation. Just as you know from mathematics.

And yes, I mean these type of platform too to some extent.
But mainly the AVR processor architecture and possibly 6502 and z80.

Dream of Omnimaga · August 06, 2016, 07:02:40 AM

Ah ok. Yeah my main issue was having to access a special menu or utility just to be able to insert the special minus symbol in my code every single time I needed it.

And I see. I am curious about how well old-school platforms could handle vector graphics, though...

DarkestEx · August 06, 2016, 09:05:17 AM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on August 06, 2016, 07:02:40 AM
Ah ok. Yeah my main issue was having to access a special menu or utility just to be able to insert the special minus symbol in my code every single time I needed it.

And I see. I am curious about how well old-school platforms could handle vector graphics, though...

If you ask me, quite well actually. Given that one of the first actual game consoles with a 1 MHz CPU actually just used them and also given that I basically just lines and circles, it shouldn't be to bad.

Dream of Omnimaga · August 07, 2016, 05:24:06 AM

Ah ok. I was wondering, because on Mac computers in college (Cubes) Adobe Illustrator seemed to lag like mad as soon as something becomes remotely complex. If vectors lagged a 450 MHz computer this much, imagine how bad it will be on a 15 MHz calculator. But again, maybe that was because we worked a lot with bezier curves and other effects.

Yuki · August 07, 2016, 05:29:09 AM

Eh, theorically, vectors shouldn't lag that much on anything, even Bézier curves if you do it right. If you add some fancy stuff, then yeah it might lag.

DarkestEx · August 07, 2016, 10:00:01 PM

Here we go for the first test release of Claw Assembler:
http://claw.muessigb.net/dl/clawsemble-16_aug_08-a.zip

Please download and test it, by opening a terminal and typing:
either:
mono ./csm.exe ./Sample01.csm
or on Windows:
csm .\Sample01.csm

Try messing with the #err lines and the #def lines and their equations.

I would be glad if someone broke the arithmetic part so that I can make it even more rock solid

Dream of Omnimaga · August 08, 2016, 07:19:26 AM

Nice to see a release. I'll see if I can find some time to mess around with it later

Also I like your signature

(I think the Claw logo should be a little darker, though, so it's easier to see on light backgrounds)

DarkestEx · August 08, 2016, 08:52:06 AM

Quote from: DJ Omnimaga on August 08, 2016, 07:19:26 AM
Nice to see a release. I'll see if I can find some time to mess around with it later

Also I like your signature (I think the Claw logo should be a little darker, though, so it's easier to see on light backgrounds)

Thanks

I changed the logo's color to black. Does it work better now?

Dream of Omnimaga · August 08, 2016, 04:44:23 PM

I like it more actually now