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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

If this was compiled to an exe, is it a Basic app, or C app?

PB - Registered PureBasic Coder

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Franco.

If you use PureBasic to compile it - an ASM application.



Have a nice day...
Franco

Sometimes you have to go a lonely way to accomplish genius things.

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Danilo.

Nope, Franco.

If you compile it with PureBasic,
its a PureBasic application.
If you would write it in ASM, the
result would be much smaller.

cya,
...Danilo

(registered PureBasic user)

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by PB.

> If you compile it with PureBasic, its a PureBasic application.

Yes, but taking the example above, if someone asked what language it was
coded in, would you say Basic, or C? I'd say C because it's 100% API calls.
It doesn't contain any Basic keywords, after all.

PB - Registered PureBasic Coder

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Franco.

If you compile it with PureBasic, its a PureBasic application.
If you would write it in ASM, the result would be much smaller.

Well, there is no basic keyword in it only api calls.

The code:

MessageBox_(0,"Click OK to make folder C:\Test","Info",0)
CreateDirectory_("C:\Test",0)

is 4640 bytes with PureBasic.
Can you get it much smaller with pure asm?

Anyway, you are right PB, it looks like C code.
It seems that PureBasic is assimilating some good things of C.


Have a nice day...
Franco

Sometimes you have to go a lonely way to accomplish genius things.

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by TronDoc.

as long as it doesn't "assimilate" the complexities
of 'C' which caused me to give up on learning it.
i'm a simple-minded chap.

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Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by tranquil.

The answer is quite simple.
Which compiler do you use to compile your lines?? PBCompiler, any asm Copiler or a C Compiler?

Anyway, you use PBCompile, so its an PB Application or is it possible to compile your lines in C/ASM?

Have a nice day.

Cheers
Mike

Tranquilizer/ Secretly!
Registred PureBasic User

Restored from previous forum. Originally posted by Danilo.

Franco wrote:
>Well, there is no basic keyword in it only api calls.

Well, whats a "BASIC keyword" for you ??
"For", "Next" or "Repeat" ??

"PlayModule", "CreateThread" and "AttachToolBar"
are also no BASIC keywords, so a program that uses
a toolbar or sprites isnt a BASIC program ??

BTW: PB said "If this was compiled to an exe, is it a Basic app, or C app?"
Yes, __he didnt ask *how it looks*__

Why shouldnt "MessageBox_(0,"Hello World","Info",0)"
be _BASIC_ ??
Most BASIC languages are using COMMAND([ARG1, ARG2, ARG3,...]),
so it looks like plain BASIC.

>The code:
>MessageBox_(0,"Click OK to make folder C:\Test","Info",0)
>CreateDirectory_("C:\Test",0)
>
>is 4640 bytes with PureBasic.
>Can you get it much smaller with pure asm?

Sure.
You can make it smaller with PureBasic too:
--> "pbcompiler CreateDir.pb /COMMENTED", so
you get a file "purebasic.asm" in the compiler
directory.
Cut the stuff not needed here and do a
"pbcompiler /REASM" -> gives me 3.616 bytes

Thats 1024 bytes (1k) smaller than the original
.EXE --> means 22% smaller.

22 Percent smaller with 1 minute work... not bad.
(By using assembly only it would be smaller)

have fun,
...Danilo

(registered PureBasic user)


Edited by - Danilo on 09 March 2002 15:07:14