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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2014, 05:05:37 pm »
I assume that native and viper will not require Micropython to run and that Bytecode-interpreter is mainly for quick testing, right?

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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2014, 05:10:14 pm »
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I assume that native and viper will not require Micropython to run and that Bytecode-interpreter is mainly for quick testing, right?
Nope, all of them are done at runtime, so you will always need micropython as it containes the needed runtime functions (print, for instance).
Compiling doesn't take long though.

There's a post by Damien on kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/214379695/micro-python-python-for-microcontrollers/posts/664832

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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2014, 05:14:21 pm »
Aaah I see now. Thanks for the info. MY main  concern about needing the main program to run something is when the software takes like 40% of the calculator memory but that is only really an issue with the regular 83+ and older Nspire models I think and sometimes the file size or dependency is necessary.

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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #18 on: October 30, 2014, 10:36:06 am »
On my Nspire CX CAS it take about 5 seconds for python to start, it didn't happen before...
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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #19 on: October 30, 2014, 02:34:52 pm »
Do you have more files than before? I noticed that when I have a lot of files on my calculator, the documents menu takes much longer to open and starting stuff takes longer too.

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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #20 on: October 30, 2014, 02:48:19 pm »
awesome.
Then. the most important question for game programmers:

Does It Have All Keys Repeat?
if so, I might make some programs using this (and learn python)

Also, how hard is it to make an on-calc editor/compiler?
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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #21 on: October 30, 2014, 03:07:49 pm »
Also, how hard is it to make an on-calc editor/compiler?


Vogtinator is already working on that: http://www.omnimaga.org/ti-nspire-projects/pywrite-python-script-editor/
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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #22 on: October 30, 2014, 03:14:43 pm »
Aah good. I see that that's only a script editor though (which is already awesome). I reckon that a compiler wouldn't be too hard, either.
If everything goes on-calc, I could see this become a kind of Axe.
(We'd still need some way to create graphics, though :P)
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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #23 on: October 30, 2014, 03:20:40 pm »
Well, there's already some kind of "JIT" available, btw.
(See the examples)

(Edit : It's native code emission, IIRC - look at "@micropython.native")
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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #24 on: October 30, 2014, 03:38:24 pm »
Do you have more files than before? I noticed that when I have a lot of files on my calculator, the documents menu takes much longer to open and starting stuff takes longer too.


I'm talking about when I launch micropython, the screen is black for about 5 seconds before opening the prompt.
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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #25 on: October 30, 2014, 03:51:34 pm »
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On my Nspire CX CAS it take about 5 seconds for python to start, it didn't happen before...
Yeah, I know that happens sometimes. I'm not sure why and where this happens, but it's not really a big issue.

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Aah good. I see that that's only a script editor though (which is already awesome). I reckon that a compiler wouldn't be too hard, either.
If everything goes on-calc, I could see this become a kind of Axe.
Compiling isn't possible, but that shouldn't be an issue as micropython translates fast enough.

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(We'd still need some way to create graphics, though )
ConvertImg?

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Do you have more files than before? I noticed that when I have a lot of files on my calculator, the documents menu takes much longer to open and starting stuff takes longer too.
It's not even fragmentation, it's just that the NAND is really f*cking slow and the filesystem as well. I would understand if it was writing being slow, as it has to be reliable, even if you pull the battery or reset during saving.

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awesome.
Then. the most important question for game programmers:

Does It Have All Keys Repeat?
if so, I might make some programs using this (and learn python)
Apart from a gets like "input()" function there isn't any input handling right now. I'm not sure how to do that, probably "isKeyPressed".
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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #26 on: October 31, 2014, 12:02:21 am »
It's not even fragmentation, it's just that the NAND is really f*cking slow and the filesystem as well. I would understand if it was writing being slow, as it has to be reliable, even if you pull the battery or reset during saving.
Thankfully, at least it's nowhere as brutal as back when we were stuck with MirageOS 1.1 on Z80 calcs before 1.2 came out. When you had 150+ programs, it took 40 minutes to open the program list. O.O

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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #27 on: October 31, 2014, 07:05:35 am »
Aah good. I see that that's only a script editor though (which is already awesome). I reckon that a compiler wouldn't be too hard, either.
If everything goes on-calc, I could see this become a kind of Axe.
(We'd still need some way to create graphics, though :P )


Python is an interpreted language, there is no compiler for it.
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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #28 on: November 01, 2014, 05:22:42 pm »
Python is an interpreted language, there is no compiler for it.

There are JIT (Just-in-Time) compilers out there for Python (Micro Python has a JIT too IIRC).  Also you can compile a python script to python bytecode to improve loading time.

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Re: micropython - Python for Nspire calculators
« Reply #29 on: November 01, 2014, 05:39:10 pm »
Not to mention in the case of Micropython, I think Vogtinator mentionned that there's a compiled mode or two. It really depends of the language and platform I guess.