On Fri, 19 Apr 2002 at 18:53:59, Phoebus Dokos wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>At 06:44 �� 19/4/2002, you wrote:
>
>>For SBASIC programming, best start is TURBO, which is now freeware. It's not
>>quite as powerfull as Qliberator, but you can get it online (check Dilwyn's
>>web site) with manuals and a number of extra tools including TurboPTR, a tool
>>for creating Pointer Environment programs with TURBO.
>
>"Powerful" is in the eye of the be(er)holder :-)
>
>Actually equivalent Sbasic code generated by Turbo is faster by a
>factor of almost 15% or so (in tests I run) over QLiberator.
>Turbo has other problems though like parameter passing...
Exactly.
I chose QLIB originally as it was far more tolerant of bad code.
I was trying to compile the Archive file repair prog in QL User (last
edition) but failed totally with Turbo. Qlib compiled first time, I
think - well certainly with very little work.
I usually need compilation for multitasking rather than speed.
Mind you with David Gs work, Turbo is far better.
Does the current version really still have the problem of parameter
passing?
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