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From: njd@ihlpm.ATT.COM (DiMasi)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: wanted - basic compiler
Summary: compilers are still around
Message-ID: <3201@ihlpm.ATT.COM>
Date: 20 Mar 89 23:44:54 GMT
References: <1168@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> <2652@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> <15887@cup.portal.com>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories - Naperville, Illinois
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In article <15887@cup.portal.com>, Bob_BobR_Retelle@cup.portal.com writes:
>  
> ......
> I do agree though, that for sheer speed (almost as fast as 6502 assembly
> code), the ACTION language was the winner..
> ......
>  
> BobR

Why did you write this in the past tense?  Is there now a compiler that 
produces faster object code than ACTION! ?  (Not that I would want it,
I don't even have much time to write programs anymore, although I'm working
on it...)


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