Subject: Re: Porting Plug-ins
From: [email-masked]
To: [email-masked]
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 1995 02:41:45 -0400 (EDT)

On Sat, 7 Oct 1995, Ernie Wright wrote:

> Doug Peters wrote:
> 
> > Second, a port is a rather simple and easy accomplishment. ...
> > If someone doesn't want to do a proper Amiga port, it's thier loss,
> > there is no signifcant expense to do so.
> 
> For reasons I gave just a week ago, this is false, and every time it's
> repeated here by a non-programmer, I'll be a little less friendly about
> saying that it's false.  Full support on multiple platforms is among
> the most difficult jobs in programming.

But, gee Ernie, the program LOOKS the same on all machines...that MUST 
mean it's *EASY* to port your plug-in to all platforms!  Just a click of 
a button on the compiler program and you're rolling in the dough, RIGHT?!

(OUCH!  Stop hitting me, Ernie!!)

                               =)    -David Warner

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