[net.micro.pc] Catspaw and Other SNOBOLs

BEC.SHAPIN@USC-ECL.ARPA (08/17/84)

From:  Ted Shapin <BEC.SHAPIN@USC-ECL.ARPA>

After sending my question on the other SNOBOLs I found the references
in earlier INFO-IBMPC issues.

Here is the timing on Catspaw SNOBOL4+ for

LP I = I + 1
   LE(I,10000)  :s(LP)

Catspaw SNOBOL4+    74 seconds
Minnesota          144
Spitbol              7   (from earlier message)

By the way in FORTH-83 (available from Silicon Valley Computer Society 
on disks 70 and 71) the time is 1 second for  :test 10000 0 do 1 + loop ;

Ted.
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