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From: DAVISM@kcgl1.eng.ohio-state.edu (Michael T. Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: wanted - basic compiler
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Date: 13 Mar 89 19:27:15 GMT
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	In article <2652@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>,
walshm@sun.soe!clutx.clarkson.edu (Matthew S. Walsh) writes:

>From article <1168@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>, by young@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM
>(Todd Young):
>> Does anyone have a -good- basic compiler they might be interested in
>>selling?  A nominal amount of speed, and compatability with either Atari, or
>>basic XL would certainly be a plus.
>>
>There have been two compilers for Atari BASIC which I know of.  One was the
>ABC compiler, and the other name escapes my memory at this time.
>

	I believe the other compiler you're thinking of is the MMG BASIC
Compiler.  According to the advertising I remember, it was supposedly
"better than any other compiler available for the Atari", but you could
probably take that with a grain of salt.  There was also a product issued
that was a collection of MAC/65 macros with names corresponding to Atari
BASIC commands.  (It's name, of course, escapes me. :-)  You would run the
Atari BASIC (in LISTed form, presumably) through MAC/65 with these macros,
and you'd get a stand-alone ML program.  I would imagine this ML program
would be quite effecient, since it wouldn't require any run-time code.

							Mike

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