From the News, he says: "For those of you suggesting I should make an assembly language version of this: I'd love to" and goes on to say how he won't have time...

At the very least he might want to look into the TASC compiler, which was/is a Microsoft Applesoft compiler that makes BASIC programs run 2-20x faster than w/the on-the-fly interpreter.

http://everything2.com/title/Microsoft+Applesoft+Compiler and of course documentation and everything else is around if you google for it.

If I remember right, it's really easy to use and results in a binary executable that just flies...