RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] BASIC, yes! was Re: TypeMatic Rate

Jan:

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|> Which means that, on the same machine, an interpreter will execute your
|> program much slower than the same program which is compiled once and
|> executed.
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|True, but when MACHINING something, a difference of 10 µS to 10 nS per
|byte-manipulation is rather irrelevant!

Agreed that it takes a while for the machine to move, which can be an
eternity for a computer, but I'd be concerned with systems that are running
slow processors being compromised. Remember, the original AT was a 6 Mhz
machine and even today's 1.6 GHz Pentiums still have to contend with a
relatively slow memory and I/O bus. If you're talking about an interpreted
human interface and some high speed assembly language loops, then it's a
different story.