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From: toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: System programming for the Apple II (preferably the IIe)
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Date: 6 Mar 90 12:50:46 GMT
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ccastjr@prism.gatech.EDU (COOOOoooooOOOoooOOOKIE!!!!) writes:

>     Considering there are C compilers (well, atleast one) for the Apple II,

Well, most of them are pretty horrendous. I'd write an efficient compiler
before even thinking about porting unix.

Hell, I'd write an efficient compiler, period. The main reason the IIGS has
miserable games support among the big name game companies is because there
aren't any C compilers good enough to produce code that runs efficiently on
it.

It's a research problem; good compilers can be developed for anything but they
take time. One of the best signs from Apple we could see is a

	PLEDGE TO FIX APW.

Todd Whitesel
toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu