stevem@hpvcla.HP.COM (Steve Miller) (07/06/87)
I am writing a version of Robot War for the Mac. The language currently is identical to the Apple ][ version but I am open to any ideas for enhancements. One area that I will be improving will be the speed of execution of instructions. One problem I always encountered is that the number of instructions per second executed on the Apple ][ version was so low that it limited the variety of algorithms and strategies that could be effectively used. In other words, robots had to be more like Rambo, mostly shooting but very little thinking. I have completed the editor (multi-window, multi-file), compiler (200 lines per second!), file system, and CPU interpreter so far. Now comes the hard part, the battlefield simulator and graphics. I am using Lightspeed Pascal and I love it! The source level debugging is just spoiling me rotten. Steven Miller