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From: Dave@avignon.gbdt.oz.au (Dave Moore)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Macs etc
Keywords: flamefest
Message-ID: <03688.@avignon.gbdt.oz.au>
Date: 25 Oct 90 08:12:23 GMT
Organization: Green Bomb Software
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(I'm going to hate myself in the morning for this)
Look, I've tried to stayt out of this flame-fest, but one point has been
raised that I would like to address.

 Now I admit, when it comes to Macs I'm not your typical user, you see I'm
currently programming them for a living.  It's from this viewpoint I'd like to
make a few small points.  The point in question is that Mac software is more
proffesional than the Amiga counterpart.

(1)  I have yet to see ANY mac C compiler (and believe me, i've looked at a
 few) that produces code anywhere up to the standard of Lattice 5.05.  I've
compiled the SAME routines on both and Lattice is streets ahead in speed and
size)

(2)  The RKM's are much better organised and contain more useful data/details
     than the Mac equivs.  Strange really, AmigaDos has a lot more to speak
     about and does it better and with less tree-wastage (:-).

	The amiga enviroment (even if you avoid task switching like the plague)
is a lot easier to work with, and provides far more options.  A lot of mac
editors will only read THEIR files.  So you can find yourself using two almost
identical (but not enough to ignore) editors.  On my amiga the only question
is if the editor can produce an ascii file.

	If you REALLY HAVE TO, you can make a self booting disk that takes
over the entire machine on the amiga.  Commodore even tell you how to do this
and what you SHOULDN'T do.  Whilst it's not impossible to do this on the Mac,
it's harder, and Apple don't bother giving any guidelines that I've found..

	Last point.  PD (in particular Fred Fish).  I have yet to see anything
of this scope for the Mac.  (It may exist, but not so I've noticed yet)  This
means that the average programmer doesn't need to re-invent a heap of wheels
to do a task.

	Like I said, these are definitely just IMHO, but thats how it strikes
me.  And I agree these points are a totally different kettle of sea-life from
the standard "why hasn't Word(tm) been ported to the amiga" argument.

	Dave.

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