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From: nelson@pro-europa.cts.com (Nelson Minar)
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Subject: Computer languages on the various Apple Corp computers
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Date: 21 May 89 18:07:33 GMT
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David Wood (cs472226@umbc5.umbc.edu (I think)), in his posting concerning the
latest APDA log, brought up the fact that there are more languages for the Mac
and the GS than the //.

The reason for this is simple - high-level languages are terribly impractical
on the 6502 based //. They are fairly tough to make run on the 65816. Take a
look at Aztec C sometime on a //e - its miserable. For the same <new> price
one can purchase a halfway decent IBM (yech) system that will run Turbo C 2.0,
a quite wonderful package. The // line lacks the power to effectively run high
level languages..

nelson@pro-europa.cts.com                                  cogito ergo non sum
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