Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Path: utzoo!censor!comspec!darrell From: darrell@comspec.uucp (Darrell Grainger) Subject: Re: Why Amiga Gurus???? Organization: Comspec Communications Inc., Toronto Ontario Canada Date: Wed, 13 Feb 91 03:38:19 GMT Message-ID: <1991Feb13.033819.22767@comspec.uucp> Summary: C programming MS-DOS vs Amiga References: <1991Feb4.204749.12882@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> In article , rshaw@theborg.mlb.fl.us (Ron) writes: > What makes it harder for new Amiga would be programmers to learn programming > on the amiga is the lack (especially in the past) of adequate information on > how to get started. I have found that most new C programmers in the amiga > environment (without any prior knowledge of C) actually though that they could > pick up an amiga specific C programming book or purchase SASC or Manx & learn > C language. They had a real shock when they realized that was not the case. > In this area we have quite a few IBM C programmers and students with amiga's > that took a C programming Couse & still were unable to grasp Amiga C. > IBM C programmers in the area, just gave up. > Hopefully with the new 2 tech disk/mag journals coming out, more of the > problems will be allieviated > > Ron Shaw..... The only good 8 bit computer is a > Dead 8 bit compter.... I have learned what I know about C language from reading the manual which come with a compiler and scanning over other people's source. I actually found the Amiga C easier to grasp then Turbo C on an MS-DOS machine. The hardest part with the MS-DOS machine was trying to get good examples of how to address the hardware without breaking portability rules (i.e. no using X = 0x278; Y = 10; *X = Y;). I guess I'm just different. Darrell Grainger