Neoff, while most FutureBASIC users don't directly know assembler, many time 
we use assembly examples from other people because they work best. So if I 
want to have some assembly in my project, then that is what I am going to be 
using. Now even though REAL Basic supports plug ins, I am sure it isn't near 
as easy as putting in the assembly directly.

In a message dated 9/21/00 10:00:47 AM, geoff@... writes:

>> Are you saying that we should only be allowed to use *parts* of FB in
>> a comparison? Built-in assemblers for 68K and PPC are part of our
>> environment.
>
>What I'm saying is that it's important to decide what you want to compare.
>Do you want to compare compiled code or do you want to compare which
>application can, using any of its features, create an application that
>runs
>the fastest? In the latter case, REALbasic supports plug-ins so it would
>be
>fair for us to write the code as a plug-in and call it from the RB app.
>
>Does this make any sense? I don't think so. Why? Because the majority of
>Futurebasic users don't know assembly and the majority of REALbasic users
>don't write plug-ins. And the majority of potential users of either
>environment fall into both of these categories. OTOH, most users could
>probably implement code to count words or draw a mandelbrot graphic.


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