michael@stb.UUCP (Michael) (08/05/87)
In article <3664@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo (My glasses have gate arrays) Schwab) writes: (comparison of high level vs. assembly, mostly size, using 8080 and pdp-11 examples) > Meanwhile, MicroSlush is proud of the fact that the core of their >AmigaBASIC interpreter runs in "only 80K" of RAM. Truly pathetic. Actually not. The pdp-11 and 8080 had mostly one and two byte instructions, while the 68000 is 2 and 4. So you really have to halve the size of 68000 programs for comparison. This gives 40K equivalent. Thats not too bad, until you realize that they did about 20K for (what I consider a better interpreter) on the model 1 from radio shack, and that didn't even make much use of the z80 abilities. -- : Michael Gersten seismo!scgvaxd!stb!michael : Copy protection? Just say Pirate! (if its worth pirating)