Posted By
SVS
on 2012-10-01
04:47:32
 |  Re: c/plus4 is the fastest 6502-based computer!
Yes, but Plus/4 has a more efficient strings garbage-collection than C64. This avoids some unpredictable stops that do happen during C64 Basic exec.
And another point to 8-bits machines score is that modern PCs even if working at 3/4Ghz (that is till 4000 times faster), are not able to run, for example QBasic, at so fast speed. An 1 second elaboration time of QBasic should equal 1 hour to Plus/4 Basic.
Indeed, with respect to clock frequency, I'm sure that CBM Basic is one of fastest environment ever written.
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