Blitz3d does it compile to machine code?

[Pfaber11]

Well I have asked this question else where but I think this belongs here . What I would like to know is does Blitz3d compile to machine code or byte code or do something else ? I have googled it and have not found what I was looking for so have decided to ask the knowledgeable  people on here . It does seem pretty fast and I think it's probably faster than python .

[Steve Elliott]

Yes Blitz3D compiles to machine code.

[Pfaber11]

Thanks for the reply Steve . I'm not planning on using it just wanted to know . Did use it briefly a couple of years ago before I got into AGK2 . Really didn't know much about it back then and wrote my first 2d pc game in it . It's very basic excuse the pun.
Did think it was pretty fast though prior to this I was into the Atari STe and BBC basic many years ago so was almost starting a fresh. Yes I knew a little basic on these machines but not much just enough to know what I was getting into. Really glad I took the leap and got into this . I did try learning visual basic express edition back in 2005 but found it horrible and didn't pursue it for very long . Nasty .  Have a nice day .   

[Pfaber11]

What about Blitz basic on the Amiga did that compile to machine code too. If so I wish I had started my programming back then . I had STOS on the  Atari STe and it was fun but found it too slow for a commercial release . Mind you I never got the compiler for it so it might of been fast enough but there we go things were very tight money wise about this time . STOS was an excellent package though but I guess I will never know what it was truly like without having tried it with the compiler . I used to live in the back of beyond with no computer shops so would of had to travel a long way to get it . No internet back then . Anyway sorry for waffling on .

[3DzForMe]

I'd be surprised if the Amiga Blitz Basic 2.1 did not compile to machine code - turns out you could find out for yourself: (This is an updated version of Blitz 2.1 which was shipped on CD - its only a couple of months old!)

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=98664

I'm inclined to give this a go via WinUAE myself.....

{EDIt} Except... I tried it in Virtual Box - on Wikipedia apparently you cannot install GuestOS (which I assume gives you access to LHA files, or anything else on the host machine). Blitzbasic 2.1 is So two decades ago now anyway. Back to AGK Studio - which refuses to present the IDE at the mo, despite showing it in the task bar.

This looks like an option to run 2.1 on a Windows machine:

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=97987

[Pfaber11]

Wish I would of heard of Blitz basic back in the Amiga days if it did indeed compile to machine code . Could of been doing this for the last 25 years . Still no point in crying over spilt milk . I'm just gonna plough on with it and glad to be doing this now even though wasted over 20 years when I could of been an  expert by now .