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From: sschaem@starnet.uucp (Stephan Schaem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Short Hello World
Message-ID: <1991May17.214934.26520@starnet.uucp>
Date: 17 May 91 21:49:34 GMT
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 I dont see BPTR has mutch of a problem at ALL! (Well duplicate sructure
 take some place).
 Simply have 2 set of Dos routines, simply do the call and change APTR
 to BPTR... That will cost you a couple of byte ad backward
 compatability.
 And if you think that many software (Including part of the rom) are
 written in C, some LSR and LSL shouldn't be a problem.
 And if CBM dont support BPTR in dos structure and call, every single
 programe I use will BREAK! And I dont want that to happen.
 Same with Rom function, how many software do you think use OpenLibrary
 instead of OldOpenLibrayr...

 If all this is serious its a BIG mistake.

 Another thing about BPTR: I dont think BPTR are that mutch of a
 problem.Not a speed problem, and a gain if you think of C not a
 code size problem.

							Stephan.