Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!olivea!uunet!wuarchive!ukma!psuvax1!news From: melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: 8-bit death Message-ID: Date: 24 May 91 21:28:46 GMT References: <3330.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1089@stewart.UUCP> <3760.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1991May18.105916.28180@sugar.hackercorp.com> Sender: news@cs.psu.edu (Usenet) Organization: Penn State Computer Science Lines: 13 In-Reply-To: mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG's message of 24 May 91 07: 10:05 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: sunws0.sys.cs.psu.edu In article mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes: Assembler language programmers have been porting to other CPUs for years by writing translators that work on the source level. Ends up being as little work as porting a 'C' program (even between different compilers on the SAME machine). And it doesn't matter if you call BlitBitMap(), because you won't find it on any other platform... Hmmm. How about a few examples to support your statement that translating assembler is about as much work as porting C? Me thinks that you are incorrect. -Mike