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From: kd2bd@ka2qhd.UUCP (John Magliacane)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Super-C: Why so slow???
Keywords: printf() is slower than BASIC!
Message-ID: <46@ka2qhd.UUCP>
Date: 29 Nov 89 15:23:00 GMT
Organization: KA2QHD PUB ACCESS UN*X,OCEAN NJ
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I've had the "Super-C" compiler for the C64 for about a year now and
really enjoy using it.  The text editor is great.

I recently wrote a real-time earth satellite tracking program using this
compiler, and was pleased with the results, except with the fact that the
printf() function is WAY TOO SLOW! BASIC is much faster with screen I/O.

I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this, and if so, if they were able
to "speed things up a bit".  The real advantage of compiling is having
fast executable code, and Super-C does this, except for screen I/O.

(Please e-mail responses, as I don't always have access to this news group.)

Thanks!!

....John A. Magliacane

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