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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Programming Languages..?
Message-ID: <449@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 27 Sep 90 07:23:38 GMT
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In article <2042@unsvax.NEVADA.EDU> niobium@arrakis.nevada.edu (Christopher W. Carlson) writes:
>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.

Well, some already know that I'm a Basic fanatic (only using C when it
is ABSOLUTELY necessary for speed :-). If you want to spend money then
look into the various compilers for Basic: AC/Basic or Hisoft Basic, both
compatible to AmigaBasic. And there is that fast GFA Basic that has only
one disadvantage in my eyes, it only allows one statement per line
(reminds me of Fortran, yuck).

>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.

If you're literate with Pascal, how about the next step to Modula 2? There
are good implementations for Amiga (at least 3, I think). And one also
exists in a PD version on Fish, only moderately stripped down.

And C is available in about 3 or 4 dialects as PD (PDC, Sozobon C,...)
and there's DICE, the new Matt Dillon version (will become Shareware,
I think, Matt?).

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