Forrest wrote: > >Sieve test in BASIC > > A2 - 245 secs PC- 191 secs > > IIRC, Sieve of Eratosthenes is an integer benchmark. Applesoft does all > calculations in FP format. Wonder if the PC BASIC did the same... BASICA is an FP BASIC, so I would assume (not always safe to do) that Byte would write the program to get the best possible speed. Roy