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From: manx@well.UUCP (Jim Goodnow II)
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Subject: Re: Amiga good for hacking??
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Date: Sun, 8-Mar-87 07:57:55 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar  8 07:57:55 1987
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Subject: Re: Amiga good for hacking??
Summary: Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged
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In article <2705@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> mwm@eris.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (No one lives forever.) Meyer) writes:
>In article <2719@well.UUCP> ewhac@well.UUCP (Leo 'Bols Ewhac' Schwab) writes:
>>The Exec is the underlying and true core of the Amiga
>>OS, and it's wonderful.  The DOS was written in England by MetaComCo, and
>>sucks rocks.  ...
>
>Carefull, there - the stuff written in England is what provides all
>the nice message passing, library primitives, resource allocation and
>etc. that people like so much. ...
> ...

NO! NO! NO! The EXEC does the nice stuff. AmigaDOS _only_ handles the file
system and the concept of processes. Let's give credit where credit is due.

>>Also, get the
>>MANX compiler.  Lattice is cheaper, and that's because it's crud.  MANX also
>>comes with an assembler, Lattice doesn't.
>
>Hmm - gee, that sounds like a subjective statement. I'll just point
>out that for porting code from Unix, Lattice is the better compiler to
>have (last time I looked, MANX wouldn't even pass as a v7 C compiler,
>much less anything modern). And that Lattice _does_ come with an
>assembler. From that, you should be able to decide how much trust to
>put in Mr. Schwab's compiler judgement.
>
>	"If your compiler doesn't support structure assignment, get a
>	better compiler." - from comp.lang.c

The Manx compilers have supported structure assignment since the very
first compilers for the 8080 and the 6502 were shipped in 1982. When _was_
the last time you looked?

Leo may be a bit zealous in his judgement, but on the other hand, he does
spend a _lot_ of time programming the Amiga and has access to both compilers.

     Jim Goodnow II
     "I guess I need a trailer now ... "