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From: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Basic On a 3000?
Message-ID: <15844@s.ms.uky.edu>
Date: 22 Aug 90 15:23:24 GMT
References: <14617@venera.isi.edu> <4616@tmiuv0.uucp>
Reply-To: phoenix@ms.uky.edu (R'ykandar Korra'ti)
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In article <4616@tmiuv0.uucp> rick@tmiuv0.uucp writes:
>If you really need BASIC, I'd
>suggest getting one of the BASIC compiler systems like TrueBASIC.
     Several problems with this:
     TrueBASIC is not a real compiler. It "compiles" to p-code which it then
interprets. Not fast, not pretty.
     TrueBASIC is not at all AmigaBASIC compatible.
     TrueBASIC is extraordinarily slow, except in math operations wherein it
does surprisingly well.
     TrueBASIC will crash on non-68000 based Amiga computer systems. (They
use the one instruction you're not supposed to use...)
     I know this firsthand; I had to buy it for a class. All in all, it was
a total waste of my money.
                                                      - R'ykandar.

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