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From: jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff Kenton)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: TI 99/4 speed (was Re: Register Allocation and Aliasing)
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Date: 25 Jul 90 13:21:02 GMT
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From article <1990Jul24.234511.10564@esegue.segue.boston.ma.us>, by msnyder@cis.ohio-state.edu (Michael V Snyder):
> 
> Ah yes.  The TI 99/4 was slow only in BASIC, and that was because its
> basic interpreter was written not in assembler, not in some high level
> compiled language, but in ANOTHER INTERPRETED LANGUAGE!  There was,

Part of the software problem with that TI chip was that the guy that designed
the chip did such a nice job that they rewarded him by putting him in charge
of the software group.


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