*** Bart Lateur wrote in a message to All:
>Typically faster than C and much easier to write for a Basic programmer.
BL> Easier to write, I agree. But faster? I always thought that
BL> C's popularity came mostly because it was, well "virtual
BL> machine code". It's as close to the processor as modern day
BL> (OS) programmers are willing to get.
BL> C is also often heavily optimized. Is PB?
BL> Have you got any figures, comparing the spead of PB vs. C?
BL> If anybody can get at it, you can. Thanks.
ANY program is only as good as:
  The design philosophy of the language (certain things may force
    a lot of overhead or may force p-code execution)
  The tightness of the generated code (optimization, etc.)
  The efficiency of the application code (using a bubble sort for
    10,000,000 items will certainly not give fast overall execution)
--Scott.
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