Re: Parsing timestamps?

On 30 Jun 2025 at 15:57:28 CEST, "Hans Bezemer" <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com>
wrote:

On 24-06-2025 18:23, Anton Ertl wrote:

Hans Bezemer <the.beez.speaks@gmail.com> writes:

I'm also puzzled why there is always so emphasis on the "speed" issue. I
mean - if you want speed, do your program in C -O3 so to say. It'll blow
any Forth out of the water.

One of our clients makes a construction estimating package
  https://www.rib-software.com/en/rib-candy

When ported from MPE's last threaded-code Forth to the early VFX Forth,
screen redraw for the plan of part of a very large building improved by a
factor
of ten. The client was very pleased - this was a visible change for their
users.

I have also found that fast code enables me not to use progrmming tricks, but
to code for readability and the maintenance programmer. I'm still maintaining
code I first saw 40 years ago - not much of it, but always a pain to maintain.

Still, in general - GCC beats Forth. Although I have to admit I've got a
renewed respect for VFX Forth! Kudos!

Thanks ... blush.

Compiler output performance depends very much on the amunt of time and
money spent on developing it.  The VFX code generator was part of the
planned output of an EU ESPRIT project.

Stephen

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