Have you tried CaslSoft? It is supposed to compile to native code using the GCC compiler. I would be interested in how good a job it does.
Jamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:104322@palm-dev-forum... > > > NS Basic's speed depends what you're trying to do. If it's heavy CPU > > crunching, C will certainly be much faster (and can be called from NSB). > > More typical Palm apps, with forms and objects, don't have that much of a > > speed difference since NS Basic makes heavy use of the Palm APIs. With > > version 3, NSB is a bunch faster. We also get a good kick in speed when > > running on Palm OS 5 devices. Speed isn't a complaint we hear often. > > All my program on Shiblon.com are written using NSBasic. There is really no > heavy CPU crunching in any of them. When switching between forms and > populating fields with data you have to sitch and watch each field populate > one by one. You can't say this is heavy CPU crunching, and you can't say it is > fast either. I've purchased the upgrade to 3.0. The only thing I noticed was a > larger run-time. Nothing was faster so I didn't bother to upgrade any of my > programs. > > > Likewise, the size of the runtime isn't "huge". It's under 100k. There > > are other tools out there that have a runtime many times this size. > > Sure, not huge on a computer, but huge for a palm - especially if developers > are compiling them into their apps. That adds nearly 100k to every program. Is > it not possible to have it compile actual applications? I've seen it done with > Pascal. > > -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
