I apologize *profusely* nicolas. I am not sure now who I was quoting. But obviously if you didnt make the comment, I totally retract what I said.
Regards Hank On 10/25/05, Ralf Bokelberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Hank, > the quote you are referring to, > is not from Nicolas actually ;) > > As for Turbo Pascal: Wasn't it a > great time - the complete ide on > a 5.25 disk and still some space > left for for your own code :) > > Cheers, > Ralf. > > hank williams wrote: > > > Nicolas, > > > > I have not written an actionscript compiler. The last compiler I wrote > > was in college. And that was 20 years ago. > > > > But I can say that turbo pascal, in 1984 or 1985 was blazingly fast. I > > was running it on a <50Mhz computer. > > > > We are now running machines that are 1ghz to 3ghz. > > > > To suggest that OCAML is the only way or that it is "super critical" > > to making a fast compiler is, to me, ludicrous. > > > > The fact that the MM compiler was so slow is a function of the > > heritage of their software and the fact that it was slowly evolved > > over time. By the time we got to the most recent versions it was old > > creaky code. It happens. We all thank you for your excellent work in > > providing them a little competition. > > > > You are a super smart guy, obviously, but it doesnt mean that you are > > the only smart guy and that others "need to learn about compilers" in > > order to participate in the discussion. Throwing the "im smarter than > > you cuz I wrote the compiler you use " trump card really isnt arguing > > in a fair way. If you think he is wrong (and I dont think so) provide > > some hard facts. Engage in an intellectual discussion, without the > > unsupported, slightly demeaning, conculsory statements. > > > > Regards, > > Hank > > > > On 10/25/05, Nicolas Cannasse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>>>One of the reasons mtasc is so fast AFAIK is its written in OCaml > >>> > >>>I dont agree with this. There is no reason a flex/bison based compiler > >>>would be any slower and also there is going to be a much bigger pool > >>>of potential developers. > >> > >>I think you should learn about compilers before being confident while > >>stating such things. > >>Flex and Bison are not compiler tools but lexer and parser tools. They're > >>used by compilers but they are far from being the most important parts. > >> > >>Nicolas > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>osflash mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > >> > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > osflash mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > > _______________________________________________ > osflash mailing list > [email protected] > http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org > _______________________________________________ osflash mailing list [email protected] http://osflash.org/mailman/listinfo/osflash_osflash.org
