There's an x86, x86-64, and PPC port right now. Anyway, if you're able to get good performance while writing in a high-level language, the result will be less buggy, shorter code and more maintainable.
Dan On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 7:57 PM, Hugh Aguilar <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that symtab is debugged, I can experiment with improvements such as the > use of inline. Why is assembly language unportable? Isn't the Pentium series > the only processor that Factor runs on? Maybe in the future if there is an > ARM version, portability might be an issue. These are pretty short functions > though, so I doubt that rewriting them in ARM assembly would be all that > much work. For something like a symbol table, which is at the very heart of > the compiler, it seems like work worth doing. Compilation speed is a big > part of making an interactive environment, which is Forth's (and Factor's) > main selling point. Lack of an interactive environment is why languages such > as C++ and Pascal are pretty much dead (and unlamented, as far as I'm > concerned). > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your > production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to > Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 > Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image > processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com > _______________________________________________ > Factor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanners deliver under ANY circumstances! Your production scanning environment may not be a perfect world - but thanks to Kodak, there's a perfect scanner to get the job done! With the NEW KODAK i700 Series Scanner you'll get full speed at 300 dpi even with all image processing features enabled. http://p.sf.net/sfu/kodak-com _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
