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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: AllocMem() with 16-bit Manx
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Date: Mon, 14-Sep-87 14:41:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Sep 14 14:41:52 1987
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>Having just taken the plunge with a massive programming job on the Amiga, 
>I find myself wondering which of the various 'C''s I should do the work
>under.  I decided to post this message in this thread since it seems to
>be pointing out some difficulties in using MANX....

	I would suggest Aztec-C mainly because it will compile int's as either
16 bits or 32 bits (Most Atari compilers use 16 bit ints), and you don't want
to have to worry about a program compilable under BOTH 16 and 32 bit ints.

	The difficulty wasn't Aztec-C itself, but the fact that the originator
was not familar with the problems that usually crop up when one is using 16
bit integers.

>If YOU had to write a massive game program for the Amiga and later port
>it to the Atari ST and Apple //gs (forget about the gs, that'll be in assembly)
>what would you pick as a 'c' development system?  And why?

	I would:

	(A) Get reference manuals on both computers
	(B) Study them
	(C) Write the game on one machine, organizing the machine dependant 
	    stuff to make porting easier.

						-Matt