Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 8-bit death Message-ID: <1991May5.120604.24365@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 5 May 91 12:06:04 GMT References: <1991May3.041705.9907@kessner.denver.co.us> <21216@cbmvax.commodore.com> <1991May3.220043.28760@ncsu.edu> Organization: Sugar Land Unix -- Houston, TX Lines: 17 In article <1991May3.220043.28760@ncsu.edu> kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) writes: > I must say that too many Amiga programmers shy away from the reentrant and > position-independent modes of the 680x0, btw. Another plus for high level code. Recompile with Manx. > Treating a 68K cpu like a > giant 6502 makes me want to throw up :-). You mean like a giant PDP-11. > To me, the Ami relocating loader is more Intel-like, than Motorola-like. Gah. Intel's the one with segments on the brain. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' .