Re: A86: Reader


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Re: A86: Reader



adderd@iserv.net wrote:
> 
> Joseph Gaffney wrote:
> >
> > At 05:14 PM 9/15/97 -0400, MTNBIKE560@aol.com wrote:
> > >In a message dated 97-09-14 21:19:06 EDT, you write:
> > >
> > ><< speaking of tibasic being slow, has anyone thought of maybe an
> > > interpreter that can execute inline asm? that would be really useful for
> > > doing simple routines in tibasic, that are hard in asm
> > >  >>
> > >
> > >yeah..l was thinking of something along the lines of that.  What is the main
> > >reason for TI-Basic being slow?  is it error checking or something?
> >
> > It is because it is an interpreted language.
> >
> 
> While that is true, it's not the WHOLE story. Accually, I'd say that
> both reasons are correct. Take Quickbasic vs/ C++ in the PC world. You
> can compile both, but the C++ version will whip circles around the QB
> version. So, error checking and such also have a large impact.

also the libraries and routines use asm for a lot of them


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