21 Oct
2006
21 Oct
'06
1:39 p.m.
Someone wrote....
> I just had a long running argument with a clown that insisted that
> interpreted BASIC on a PCjr was as fast as compiled BASIC because the
> original BASIC compiler wasn't up to snuff in his opinion.
A simple "Sieve of Erastothanes" benchmark ran faster in 5150 interpreted
BASIC than it did with Microsoft's original PC FORTRAN compiler.