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Wait till you see Mach 1 FORTH from Palo Alto Shipping. (You can see it on a
Mac now). It's REALLY quick! It compiles direct JSR (subroutine) linked code
and uses inline macros for short words. Generally speaking, about twice as
fast as conventional FORTH and about as fast as compiled C. -Larry-
I'd like to see Mach 1. I've been surprised a bit by relative speeds on the
Amiga. I have a prerelease version of UBZ which is subroutine threaded and
it's slower than Multi-Forth which is token threaded ( sieve benchmark )
Other than MVP I don't think you'll see any "conventional" Forths on the
Amiga.
This isn't about FORTH — but still another language available for Amiga. I
saw a what looked like a nice implementation of Fortran today (I wouldn't
know the difference between Fortran and APL). It had all of the Intuition
hooks and the compiled graphics demos ran very fast. Suggested retail is
$295. If anyone is really interested in this, let me know, I'll get the
particulars and pass them on.
Got a copy for review ( in AMI Project ) a few days ago. It does appear to be
very nicely done. The review should appear about in about 2 months.
For FORTRAN fans: this looks like a complete F77 with structured language
extensions ( case, repeat … ). The hooks are there for library calls and the
demos provided use graphics and make menus.
In anrticipation- yes, I review all the languages that start with F .
Got a copy for review ( in AMI Project ) a few days ago. It does appear to be
very nicely done. The review should appear about in about 2 months.
For FORTRAN fans: this looks like a complete F77 with structured language
extensions ( case, repeat … ). The hooks are there for library calls and the
demos provided use graphics and make menus.
In anrticipation- yes, I review all the languages that start with F .
This isn't about FORTH — but still another language available for Amiga. I
saw a what looked like a nice implementation of Fortran today (I wouldn't
know the difference between Fortran and APL). It had all of the Intuition
hooks and the compiled graphics demos ran very fast. Suggested retail is
$295. If anyone is really interested in this, let me know, I'll get the
particulars and pass them on.
I'd like to see Mach 1. I've been surprised a bit by relative speeds on the
Amiga. I have a prerelease version of UBZ which is subroutine threaded and
it's slower than Multi-Forth which is token threaded ( sieve benchmark )
Other than MVP I don't think you'll see any "conventional" Forths on the
Amiga.