Re: Many questions on 2.5
don cole wrote:
> I paid for the full version of 2.4. and am quite happy with it.
> Whould I have to pay more for the full version of 2.5?
Our database shows you paid for an earlier release and
probably got 2.4 as a free upgrade. So you could upgrade
to 2.5 (Binder) for the discount price of $24.
> What is the front end?
It's the part of the Euphoria interpreter that analyzes the
syntax of your program (parses) and converts your source code
into a more primitive language called "IL".
If there are no errors, your IL is turned over to
the "back-end" for execution.
> What is an interpeter?
An interpreter is a program that executes statements in a programing
language, without first converting those statements to
machine language. A "compiler" converts everything to
machine language and then lets the hardware CPU execute it.
> What is an .il file?
It's a file that contains IL. This is a new thing in 2.5.
IL can be executed immediately by backend.exe without
needing any parsing. Normally you don't have to even think
about IL. It's usually internal to the interpreter.
> I have Dell 1.66 Mhz.
> Whould that be concidered an older machine?
If you mean 1.66 GHz, you'll be just fine.
In any case the front-end speed for 2.5 beta will
be significantly faster. I've already got it running
quite a bit faster and I'm still working on it.
> I download 2.5 and in the READ ME file it says "You can down load a Euphoria
> to C translator from our website".
That should be corrected. Thanks for point it out.
> Where is it ?
It's now bundled with the main interpreter package.
> And finally what is a back end?
It's the part of the interpreter that executes the IL.
IL is in a format that's much easier to execute
than Euphoria source statements.
Regards,
Rob Craig
Rapid Deployment Software
http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
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