P-Code vs. Native?

[ducksoup]

What does the compile to p-code option do, in the project preferences? You don't see with your eyes, you perceive with your mind.

 

[rvBasic]

p-code stands for pseudo-code i.e. code that the CPU cannot execute directly. BASIC has always been an interpreted language. Its statements were not translated directly into machine language, instead they were translated into a more compact form which in turn was re-translated into machine language immediately prior to execution. Therefore, p-code will compile faster, but execution will be slower. (though the process of ranslating p-code into executable code is highly efficient)

The main benefit of p-code is that it is compact and not too much slower than executable machine code. But you do pay this (however small) penalty at each execution of your program. _________________________________
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