Prog8 language and compiler topic

desertfish · Post by **desertfish** » Sun Nov 06, 2022 10:13 pm

Version 8.7 has been released.

https://github.com/irmen/prog8/releases/tag/v8.7

Edmond D · Post by **Edmond D** » Mon Nov 07, 2022 2:06 am

Wow! That's one big pointy finger for a minor release. ?

That being said, congrats on getting it out. Coming onto almost 4 years of continuous development for an alternative language for the X16 (and others) is certainly a major achievement.

desertfish · Post by **desertfish** » Sat Dec 17, 2022 10:12 pm

? Version 8.8.1 has been released: https://github.com/irmen/prog8/releases/tag/v8.8.1

It contains various critical fixes so it is strongly advised to upgrade.

desertfish · Post by **desertfish** » Sun Feb 12, 2023 5:06 pm

Version 8.9 has been released https://github.com/irmen/prog8/releases/tag/v8.9

A few small improvements over the previous version.

pastblast · Post by **pastblast** » Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:00 am

You mentioned Prog8 in my thread about Desired Development tools, so I checked it out (Programming in Prog8 web page, and in the forum here). Looks interesting, and good work, BTW.

Seems that this discussion hasn't happened in recent days. What's the status of Prog8? Any new developments?

Has anybody posted a "large" application using it (one of the things that I noticed you mentioned once, was a desire to see that happen)?

How are you coming on your port of Prog8 to the CX16 itself (as opposed to PC-based)?

Thanks.

desertfish · Post by **desertfish** » Thu Feb 23, 2023 6:15 pm

I can't say why activity in this forum thread has dried up, probably because of losing active users due to forum move.
Personally I only post major release notifications here , and more day-to-day developments are discussed on the discord server.
As you can see above, there's still steady progress with a big release every 2 months or so I think?

As for "large" applications, I've posted a few medium sized programs myself here in the downloads and there is also the Petaxian game made by Borgar. Unfortunately it is now in the Archived download section because Borgar hasn't yet re uploaded it.
If you search for "petaxian github" you'll end up on its github repo though where you can read how to recompile it yourself using the latest prog8 compiler version, if the archived one somehow doesn't work anymore.

Prog8 on the X16 itself is impossible, and not a goal at all for this project.

TomXP411 · Post by **TomXP411** » Thu Feb 23, 2023 9:38 pm

desertfish wrote: ↑Thu Feb 23, 2023 6:15 pm I can't say why activity in this forum thread has dried up, probably because of losing active users due to forum move.

We actually have more activity now than when we were on Invision. I think the real reason the forums don't get as much action is the Discord. A lot of chatter happens there.

desertfish · Post by **desertfish** » Sun Mar 05, 2023 11:55 am

Version 8.10 has been released: https://github.com/irmen/prog8/releases/tag/v8.10

Robinkle · Post by **Robinkle** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 1:43 pm

David mentioned about having several languages and compilers on the X16 itself. Would this be possible with Prog8?

desertfish · Post by **desertfish** » Tue Apr 04, 2023 7:35 pm

No, the complexity and size of the compiler + assembler is way beyond what is possible to run on the x16.

Commander X16