Lately I've been working on a project called Kaliber, which is eventually going to be a programming language that compiles to a virtual machine, like Java, although with a heavy focus on portability.
Currently, the virtual machine is pretty much finished, and I have a working assembler. So, in order to try and test out the portability of my design, I ported the virtual machine to SmileBASIC.
As an example of its portability, I wrote a program called "Color Draw Test" in Kaliber Assembly (KASM) and have it running on three very different devices. All the program does is allow the user to control a "cursor" with the directional/WASD keys and it plots a random color pixel at that position and they can move it around and draw random color lines.
Here's screenshots of it running on a Windows 10 laptop, a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian Linux, and the Nintendo 3DS via SmileBASIC:
Windows 10 (x86_84):
Raspbian Linux (ARM):
Nintendo 3DS (SmileBASIC):
Here's an actual video of it, but it's really out of focus which is why I have the screenshots:
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The program was not recompiled or altered in any way. It was compiled one time and runs on every machine exactly the same.
Non-graphical applications run at decent speeds on all machines but graphical ones like this run slowly on the 3DS. Hopefully if SmileBASIC ever comes to the Wii U or Switch (not getting my hopes up) speed won't be quite as big of a problem.
You can see the actual assembly code for Color Draw Test here.
It looks complicated but it's actually pretty simple. It's assembly so you need a lot of instructions to do simple tasks, but each instruction accomplishes a single, simple task, so it's a lot of code because it's a lot of really simple things being done.
Here's the Github link..
I will put out the Kaliber virtual machine on SmileBASIC eventually once I got most of the basics working. I might port over the assembler eventually too, but whether or not I bother porting the programming language itself, but how much I actually support SmileBASIC really depends on how much SmileBOOM continues to support it (still waiting for Wii U version).
I plan to port this to many other devices to, including Android, the web, and the TI-84+CE graphing calculator. I may also release another 3DS version for homebrew for extra speed.
The PC version of the virtual machine, the assembler, and eventually the compiler for Windows/Linux/Mac is being built in C with GTK+ 3.
The idea is simple: one program, all devices.
Raspbian Linux (ARM):
Nintendo 3DS (SmileBASIC):
Here's an actual video of it, but it's really out of focus which is why I have the screenshots:
bdxJjEjmxS4
The program was not recompiled or altered in any way. It was compiled one time and runs on every machine exactly the same.
Non-graphical applications run at decent speeds on all machines but graphical ones like this run slowly on the 3DS. Hopefully if SmileBASIC ever comes to the Wii U or Switch (not getting my hopes up) speed won't be quite as big of a problem.
You can see the actual assembly code for Color Draw Test here.
It looks complicated but it's actually pretty simple. It's assembly so you need a lot of instructions to do simple tasks, but each instruction accomplishes a single, simple task, so it's a lot of code because it's a lot of really simple things being done.
Here's the Github link..
I will put out the Kaliber virtual machine on SmileBASIC eventually once I got most of the basics working. I might port over the assembler eventually too, but whether or not I bother porting the programming language itself, but how much I actually support SmileBASIC really depends on how much SmileBOOM continues to support it (still waiting for Wii U version).
I plan to port this to many other devices to, including Android, the web, and the TI-84+CE graphing calculator. I may also release another 3DS version for homebrew for extra speed.
The PC version of the virtual machine, the assembler, and eventually the compiler for Windows/Linux/Mac is being built in C with GTK+ 3.
The idea is simple: one program, all devices. 
(My name isn't Bob. :P)
