21 Oct
2006
21 Oct
'06
4:31 p.m.
Fred Cisin wrote:
A simple "Sieve of Erastothanes" benchmark
ran faster in 5150 interpreted
BASIC than it did with Microsoft's original PC FORTRAN compiler.
Good example, but is that an architectural problem with the machine or a
comment on how bad the FORTRAN compiler was?
I think for that to happen on a PC, the compiler must be seriously
broken. As in, it should not have been released.