Re: A "decent" language for II's

[mike@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (mike pfaiffer)]

2pw1brownt@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:

> I'm wondering...
> 
> Am I the only person in the world who has longed for a "decent"
> alternative to AppleSoft and assembly for a II+/IIe?
> 
> I'm looking for something that is small enough to leave a maximum
> amount of memory free on, say, a II+, but is faster than BASIC and
> has full access to ProDOS or DOS in a manner similar to BASIC.
> 

        You may want to try Assembly. If you find a reasonable macro 
assembler it will fit your needs perfectly. 6502 assembly is not too hard 
to learn (compared with 80X86 and 370 assembly). There are several good 
assemblers out there. In fact I have heard rave reviews of the original  
8 bit Orca/M, Lisa, and a couple of others.

                                Later
                                Mike