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From: c08_d042@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Stdnt 42)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Porting XLISP; ][ Languages
Keywords: languages
Message-ID: <1106@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU>
Date: 12 Mar 89 19:43:45 GMT
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Organization: The Johns Hopkins University - HCF
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Yeah there might be tons of languages for the Apple II but PRACTICALLY
ALL OF THEM ARE INTERPRETERS!!!!  Which makes them totally useless except
for limited learning purposes.  I have yet to see a decent prodos-based
Pascal or C COMPILER that produces STANDALONE MACHINE CODE!! and don't
say Manx Aztec C because that thing prints text slow as all hell.  What
we need are compilers that handle memory management decently, allow
automatic overlay activation if the program is run on a II+ with only 64k,
and a decent meshing with the o/s.  This might already exist, I dunno though,
I haven't really seen it.  Hyper C Prodos looks promising but they are
bankrupt I believe.

Who knows maybe someday....

chris coleman      c08_d042@jhunix