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From: niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Programming Languages..?
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Date: 26 Sep 90 22:46:42 GMT
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Hallo again.  I've just a few more questions for you all who are "in the
know," if you know what I mean...

A friend of mine and myself are becoming very, very interested in the
prospect of doing a bit of programming of my beautiful new A500, but have
come up against one big stumbling block: the choice of programming 
language.  It's not so much that we can't decide on one as that we can't
seem to afford one.  So, keeping this in mind, I pose my question to you:

What, if any, public-domain language compilers exist that are suitable for
the production of Amiga programs, including, but not limited to, graphics
and sound?  I have considered PDC, except that it lacks, apparently the
libraries necessary for producing (easily, anyway) the aforementioned G&S
effects that we are looking for.  We have also looked into Amiga BASIC, and
dismissed it for its lack of speed.

I am well-acquainted with C and Pascal (yuck!) and have a minimal knowledge
of assembly, albeit on an 8088, and my friend is a BASIC wizard.

So!  Can anybody help me out?  I suppose that if worst comes to worst, I can
wait a LONG time, scrape together $400 or so, and buy a professional C
compiler, but, of course, I'd rather not.

Thanks for your time!

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