method72 Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 With ROM size, being so limited on atari games, I am wondering. How efficient is bB compared to .asm when it comes to building a binary? If you were to build the same game in bB and .asm does the basic version utilize a lot more rom space, since it's a higher level language? Or does the compiler really do a good job, and end up generating about the same raw size as if it were an .asm source file game? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haroldoop Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 Compared to C, bB imposes some restrictions on how you can use your statements in order to better align with how 6502 instructions work, so it would be closer to the final assembly than a less constrained language would be, but of course, doing it in ASM would certainly save a bit more of space. It would certainly be interesting to have some hard data on how big the gains could get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
AtariAge on Instagram
Watch us on YouTube
Chat on Discord
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.