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From: charles@c3pe.UUCP (Charles Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: wanted - basic compiler
Message-ID: <6691@c3pe.UUCP>
Date: 9 Apr 89 02:23:40 GMT
References: <1168@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM> <2652@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> <15887@cup.portal.com> <3201@ihlpm.ATT.COM> <510@sky.COM>
Reply-To: charles@c3pe.UUCP (Charles Green)
Organization: C3 Incorporated, Herndon, VA
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In article <510@sky.COM> hamill@sky.COM (John Hamill) writes:
>In article <3201@ihlpm.ATT.COM> njd@ihlpm.ATT.COM (DiMasi) writes:
>>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..

>>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...)

>	Action might be the fastest compiler, but it is clearly a waste for 
>anyone who wants to produce a useable program.

Eh?  How so?  The only true 80-column terminal emulator I have, which I'm
running right now, is written in ACTION!.  Granted, a cartridge is less
convenient for some folks, and my DOS won't run the compiled executable
(I have to recompile each time to use it)...

By the way, has anyone gotten either Deep Blue C or InterLisp/65, available
from Antic Software?
-- 
"There's something strange in your CPU ... Who ya gonna call?  WORMBUSTERS!"
Charles Green, C3 Inc				charles%c3pe@decuac.dec.com
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