What's the fastest one-line 10 PRINT (maze) program we can write in Commodore 64 BASIC? To make experimental benchmarking easier, I created a small utility called Benchmark BASIC (download link below) that soft-patches the C64 BASIC and KERNAL ROMs to automatically report the run time of programs like 10 PRINT once the screen is full. Thanks to Alex Johnson for his speedy two-line version of 10 PRINT that helped inspire this video. P.S. The thumbnail is from a joke contained IN this video - this actual frame appears just 11 seconds in. And hilariously, Youtube automatically suggested it as the thumbnail! To support 8-Bit Show And Tell: Become a patron: https://patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell One-time donation: https://paypal.me/8BitShowAndTell 2nd channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAgWzEh5c8391eJnELDy9OA Download the Benchmark BASIC .d64: https://8bitshowandtell.com/downloads/bbasic.d64 To use: mount/attach the .d64 image LOAD"BENCHMARK BASIC",8,1 SYS 49152 to start STOP+RESTORE keys to disable To load the source code (requires REU): LOAD"TMP+REU",8,1 SYS 32768 to view disk directory: [back arrow] * to load: [back arrow] L file name: bb33 (or whatever latest filename is on disk) cursor keys to navigate source file [back arrow] 3 press S to start The REU is required to assemble to RAM at $C000 (where Benchmark BASIC lives) because Turbo Macro Pro also uses that memory range. But if you don't have access to an REU, a workaround is to assemble to disk with [back arrow] 5, and then give a filename. Once assembly is complete, you can reset the computer, load the object code with ,8,1 and SYS 49152 to start it. Video "Optimizing With Integers in Commodore 64 BASIC?": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wo14rDnGUbY Index: 0:00 Intro: 10 PRINT 1:36 Alex's fast 2-line 10 PRINT 5:15 TI$ benchmarking "the old way": reals vs. integers 9:09 Shortcomings of TI$ benchmarking 10:48 Introducing Benchmark BASIC 12:56 Optimizing classic 10 PRINT with BBASIC 17:11 Optimizing Alex's version 21:40 Making a faster one-line 10 PRINT 26:34 Unrolling it for extra speed 29:04 Addendum: Even more speed! 30:50 Future improvements? 33:00 Thanks!