Emulator

To run your Yabal programs, you need to install the Astro-8 emulator. The Astro-8 emulator is a virtual machine that runs Astro-8 assembly code. Yabal compiles your code to Astro-8 assembly code, which is then run by the emulator.

Native emulator

It is recommended to install the Astro-8 emulator by sam-astro to run your programs, since the emulator contains all the latest features like audio and file system support.

To start your script with the native Astro-8 emulator, add the -n flag in the run command:

yabal run program.yabal -n

If you want to pass arguments to the native emulator, add -- and move the file name to the end of the command. After that, you can pass arguments to the emulator:

yabal run -n -- program.yabal -f 1000

For all the options of the native emulator, see the documentation.

Built-in emulator

If you don't want to install the Astro-8 emulator, you can use the built-in emulator instead. However, the built-in emulator is not as feature-rich as the native emulator.

To start your program with the built-in emulator, run the following command:

yabal run program.yabal