[Coco] the upshot from the optimizing BASIC code mail and a followon question

[jdaggett at gate.net]

Speed of a compiled program really depends on whether the higher level is 
compiled to actual machine code level or to an intermedeate code that is 
interpretted by a run time library. 

Even with code compiled to machine level there is issues as to how well 
the generated code is optimized for speed. 

james

On 6 Nov 2008 at 16:54, John wrote:


> The follow on question.

> 

> Does anyone know about how much time was consumed by the

> interpretation process relative to actually executing the code?  I

> seem to remember compiled BASIC programs running 200% or more faster

> than interpreted BASIC, but I'm wondering if anyone ever quantified

> the timing.