Re: Why is compiled basic slower than C? (Basic is the future)

imp@Solbourne.COM (Warner Losh)
Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:17:16 GMT

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From: imp@Solbourne.COM (Warner Losh)
Organization: Solbourne, User Interface Group
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 19:17:16 GMT
References: 92-08-042 92-08-095
Keywords: interpreter, performance

burley@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Craig Burley) writes:
>[re whether it's worth compiling TECO]


I used a TECO variant on the DECSYSTEM-20 that we had at school. The
manual claimed to compile the code on the fly before it executed it. The
claimed speedup was on the order of a factor of 5 due to some optimization
tricks. It was called something like NTECO, or something like that.


Warner
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