DANFUZZ@BROWNVM.BITNET (Dan Bornstein) (03/26/89)
The reason Lisa could be so fast is that files were tokenized and checked for certain errors during entry. Then, when the assembler went to assembling, it didn't have to worry about certain conversions and error-checks. This isn't possible with any of the APW/ORCA compatible stuff since it's completely text until the compiler/assembler gets ahold of it... -dan