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Subject: Re: Language Wars
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From: jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers)
Date: Thu, 29 May 1991 06:41:18 GMT
References: <14750@ucrmath.ucr.edu> <8_4Ha8!f@cs.psu.edu> <4006.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> <1991May28.122620.9020@sugar.hackercorp.com>
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Quoted from <1991May28.122620.9020@sugar.hackercorp.com> by peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva):
> In article <4006.tnews@templar.actrix.gen.nz> jbickers@templar.actrix.gen.nz (John Bickers) writes:
> >     The assembler folks will switch over easily enough. Look how many
> >     are supposed to be ex-C= 64, for example.
> 
> Yes, and look at the code they write. A lot of it won't run on my 3000 because
> it's 68000-specific.

    Sure. These kinds of assembler folks also write primarily for
    themselves, so it doesn't matter if their software won't run on your
    machine (well, doesn't matter to you. Small dent in their sales, if
    they are selling their stuff).

    They'll switch over to 68030s etc rapidly enough when they have to.
    Some already are, since more and more coder demos seem to be working
    ok on an A2630.

> Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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