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Welcome to ACE!
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This is version v1.02 of the PD Amiga BASIC compiler, ACE.
See the "Notes" section below for important information about specific
files in the archive and changes to the distribution material with each
revision of the compiler.
To get started, I suggest you have a look at the demo programs and their
source files, from the Workbench.
Then, to get an overall impression of ACE's capabilities, have a look at
ref.doc which is a command and function reference for the language.
Once you've set up your environment as specified in the INSTALLATION file,
try compiling a program from the prgs directory, eg:
Workbench:ACE> copy sierp.b ""
Workbench:ACE> bas -O sierp
Workbench:ACE> sierp
Pressing the left mouse button will get you out of this program.
At this point, it's up to you. I'd suggest having a closer look at the
docs, especially ace.doc to get a better idea of what ACE is all about.
Please remember that ACE is still under development. With your feedback
and patience, ACE will gradually improve.
Whatever you do, have fun!
Regards
David Benn
Notes
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*** v1.0 ***
31/1/93 - If you didn't unarc ace.lha with lha's -a option
then the bas script won't have its "s" flag set.
To set it, type: PROTECT bas +s ADD.
3/2/93 - Please note that due to copyright restrictions,
no bmap files have been included in the distribution.
See "Shared library function calls" in ace.doc for
more.
*** v1.01 ***
19/2/93 - Version 1.01 corrects a number of problems with the
first version and adds a few new minor features.
See the entries in the file docs/history for an
update on the changes to ACE from v1.0 to v1.01.
- There is a new, somewhat nicer ACE executables icon
in the icons drawer. See also the readme file in that
drawer. Thanks goes to Byron Montgomerie for his work
on the icon.
20/2/93 - I have received the Commodore copyright documents
and licensing agreements etc and so hope to be able
to resolve the issue of copyright of bmap files soon.
- For v1.01 I have included the source code and docs
for a Tiny BASIC interpreter written in ACE.
*** v1.02 ***
18/4/93 - Commodore Australia have told me that they can't
see any legal problems with distributing .bmap
files with ACE, but I'll wait until I receive word
of this in writing before I include them in the
archive.
- There is a new include file called julian.h which
contains functions for converting dates into days
elapsed since epoch 1900 and the latter back to
the former. See days.b for an example.
- Another new include file called fexists.h contains
a single subprogram: fexists(X$) which returns a
value of -1 or 0 depending upon whether the file
X$ exists.
- See docs/history for new features and bug fixes
in v1.02.