TurboPascal inline code/real or interpreted

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2 total messages Started by Ted Holden Sat, 27 Sep 1986 12:02

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Author: Ted Holden
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 1986 12:02

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Does anyone know exactly how TP inline code works, whether it actually
sets up an area of machine code which executes as described or whether it's
interpreted, or maybe some combination of both?  I recently translated an
assembler routine which is part of a system for dealing with polyphonic
music on PCs into inline code which I know is correct, since I'd rather deal
with this particular application in Turbo than C or basic, but the results
unfortunately sound like three dogs growling at eachother, which is not what
the original routine in basic/masm sounds like and not what Mozart intended.
This leads me to believe that inline code is interpreted in some way i.e.
that it isn't really fast enough to produce notes higher than dog growls...

Ted Holden,  IMS

Re: TurboPascal inline code/real or interpreted

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Author: Stefan M. Vorkoetter
Date: Wed, 01 Oct 1986 04:21

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Turbo Pascal inline code is definitely real.  I have written lots of software
using it to gain speed advantages over straight Turbo Pascal.  I have used it
for interrupt handling, and real time raster graphics applications.  Using
debug on the compiled code verifies it.  The code is in there exactly as you
specify it in the inline statement.  You must have translated something
wrong.  Perhaps, one of your data elements in the inline statement is making
a byte where you intended a word, or vice-versa.  Or maybe, you have some
resident utility running that is stealing a lot of cycles.

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