Well, I need to retract my retraction. unless my gmail is broken Nicolas said:
>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. ------------- Oh, and regarding turbo pascal... it changed my life! Hank On 10/25/05, hank williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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
