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Speed: Free42 vs Hp prime application on android (and if possible, other emulators)
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RE: Speed: Free42 vs Hp prime application on android (and if possible, other emulators)
(08-14-2017 04:00 PM)pier4r Wrote:  It would surprise me greatly to see the Free42 being able to keep up with the official HP android app.

Why would you expect Free42 to be slower? Free42 is a simulator of the 42S written 'from-scratch' in C (possibly C++, but it's so portable, I'm guessing C), and is not an emulator at all. That said, 42 programs are running a semi-interpreted language, not compiled machine code, so it may actually be comparable with a program written in the HPPL language used on the Prime (which I believe to be similar to p-code, but could be wrong).
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