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duas garças-brancas-pequenas! quick little entry for today's lospec tag of the day (birds) based on this image. lvllvl // rook // lacking64

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50-line text mode on a gas-plasma screen

I took this photo while working on the MS QuickBasic version of our benchmark (previously written in C and Assembly). The goal was to compare speed of different languages and compilers. This required me to relearn BASIC so I always needed to see online help, my BASIC code and the original C code on a single screen. Switching a screen into the VGA 80x50-character mode is invaluable in these situations.

Regarding the results: I tested all versions of our benchmark, which is mostly about integer performance and memory access (similar to compiling and XML parsing), on this IBM PS/2 P70 with a 20-MHz 386 (DX). Interpreted QuickBasic 4.5 version was used as a baseline (1x). These are the speed-ups:

Compiled QuickBasic = 3x

Borland C++ (8086 instructions) = 15x

Borland C++ (386 instructions) = 33x

Hand-tuned Assembly (386 protected mode) = 70x

Metaware High C/C++ (386 protected mode) = 70x

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a joão-do-tepui (tepui spinetail, Cranileuca demissa). probably the last bird i'll draw for a while. based on this image! lvllvl // rook // lost century

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albatroz-de-tristão / tristan albatross / diomedea dabbenena trying out larger canvas sizes. based on this image lvllvl // rook charset // seventy seaside palette