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From: Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: wanted - basic compiler
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Date: 16 Mar 89 07:19:49 GMT
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The other BASIC compiler Matt Walsh remembered was the DataSoft BASIC
Compiler...  it had its quirks (like requiring ALL Data Statements to be at
the END of the program), but the resulting code WAS quite fast, especially
if you chose the INTEGER compile option (if you needed floating point math,
you could compile under that option, but the speed suffered)..
 
I do agree though, that for sheer speed (almost as fast as 6502 assembly
code), the ACTION language was the winner..
 
For ease of programming, and speed of development though, the BASIC
compilers couldn't be beat...
 
BobR