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From: captnjameskirk@yahoo.com (John)
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Subject: extreme newbie question
Date: 19 Nov 2001 15:13:33 -0800
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Hi all,

I'm VERY new to beta (ie, just found it today), and it looks very
interesting to use for my new project. My question relates to the
compiled code's speed. Looking through the docs, I find a vague
statement along the lines of "well, it could be faster; we're working
on it." I don't need something as fast as C, but something as slow as
an interpreted language is out of the question. That's an awfully big
middle-ground, however. Has anyone done any benchmarks at all?

Also, I'd like to hear what type of projects are being worked on in
beta. FWIW, my project is an attempt at an "intelligent" Poker ai.

/John