Why is compiled basic slower than C?

Have you examined GFA BASIC for the IBM pc compatible or AtariST?


This is German software and can be interpreted or compiled. There are a
good few lessons to others about how to make GUI programming simple.


Development is ongoing.


A number of years ago I needed to write a specialist editor/comms program
on the AtariST. This was done using an early version of the language (the
compiler arrived with me during writing the program). In a week or so of
odd moments I succeeded in producing a program with a full GUI, error
handling (alert boxs etc.). No assembler whatever was needed and
execution speed was excellent when compiled with comparable execution
speed to C or Modula2. The same people marketed a serious drafting
package...


What about Basic2C?


There are a number of major commercial business packages written in the UK
which use compiled Basic. They work fine but unless you look or know how
can you tell the language used?


I don't use that implementation of Basic now but it looks much improved.
(mostly Modula2 or C for pc's, Forth and assembler for embedded)


    TC.
        E-mail: tchannon@black.demon.co.uk or tchannon@cix.compulink.co.uk




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