Decimal BASIC Inside structure

Q.

　Isn't Decimal BASIC an interpreter？

A.

　　A processing system that executes user-written programs with sequential interpretation is called an interpreter, but as long as following this definition, Decimal BASIC is not an interpreter. Decimal BASIC translates user-written programs into special link structures and then executes them, therefore it taxonomically is a compiler. However, it is not a native code compiler that produces the Intel x86 machine language.

Q.

　Dosen't Decimal BASIC operate in BCD？

A.

　When development of Decimal BASIC was started, BCD operationon on Intel 386 CPU was late，so Decimal BASIC achieved decimal operation differently than BCD.