| From: | Jan-Erik Karlsson |
| Date: | 14 Jul 2001 at 16:57:59 |
| Subject: | Re: Amiga & StormC |
Hello, Matt
On 14-Jul-01, you wrote:
MS >>> I told you all. Why doesn't anyone see that H&P are effectively in
MS >>> control of the entire Amiga market, much to its detriment?
well better them than that nitpick idiot from phase5/DCE/MorphOS (laire...
my ass).
MS >> Hehe, fear the power of Nostrodamus Neko ;)
MS >>
MS >> I'd like to know how they can make Storm*C* language independant. But
MS >> surely the compiler would be based on GCC again,
MS >
MS > GCC stands for "GNU Compiler Collection" - it'll create practically any
MS > code you like that it supports. But that's not the point.
MS >
MS > Why do they need to push a COMMERCIAL product as the "official" one,
MS > especially when it's not controlled by the company pushing the OS? You
MS > can understand why Linux' "official" compiler is gcc - because it's by
MS > the same bunch of people. The same for Microsoft and VisualC++.
if you tell fsf that they are the same people as those behind linux you'll
probably be laughed at.
MS >> it as a cli compiler, or with the Metroworks CodeWarrior IDE (*if*
MS >> that appears). Might not too bad from that point of view, but having
MS >> it as *the* official solution definately isn't what I wanted to hear.
MS >
MS > Exactly. It's just an example of blatant arse-licking on Amiga's part
MS > and incredibly scary amounts of manipulation on Haage & Partner's
MS > front.
ooohhh, scared are we!
well, bye, bye then hope you like it in solitary dome (together with laire)
morphOS has already killed Cybergraphx. (if anyone expected Amiga Inc. to go
with Cybergraphx after his debacle with MorphOS...)
MS > I'd rather they standardised on gcc itself, and made THAT "official",
MS > with H&P as the commercial IDE offering.. but effectively they've
MS > secured themselves as another expense for the serious developer, and
MS > sidelined every other compiler effort (even verbatim gcc) to the
MS > "unsupported" and "3rd party" arena.
it makes sense to get metrowerks since that means that more people will be
familiar with how the IDE works and will therefore probably be more
inclined to program for AmigaDE/AmigaOS instead of using plain GCC which
would only attract the geek's :-)
With kind regards,
Jan-Erik Karlsson
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