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From: rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Apple ][ Languages
Keywords: languages
Message-ID: <548@madnix.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 89 15:43:57 GMT
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Reply-To: rat@madnix.UUCP (David Douthitt)
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In article <1106@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> c08_d042@jhunix.UUCP (Stdnt 42) writes:
|
| 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!!

The Kyan Pascal compiler generates VERY fast 6502 code - running the
Sieve it beat both a 6502-based Forth and a 65802-based Forth.  Also,
all of the Forths I've seen for the Apple use their standard
compiler/interpreter mix - very fast.

| 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.

         [david]

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