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Building a Basic Interpreter, '80s Style, Part 2

by new_here on 8/9/20, 11:53 AM with 17 comments

• by tjalfi on 8/10/20, 12:43 AM

  Here are some other interpreters if you’re curious how this design compares.

  Microsoft 8080 BASIC interpreter [0] is a commented disassembly. An improved version is at [1]. The book Programmers at Work also has notes on the design.

  [2] is a z80 BBC BASIC interpreter.

  [0] http://altairbasic.org/

  [1] https://github.com/option8/Altair-BASIC

  [2] https://github.com/jblang/bbcbasic-z80

• by martincmartin on 8/11/20, 2:37 PM

  Can we fix the capitalization in the title? It's the programming language BASIC, which stands for Beginners All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code