Augenbra@micro.udel.EDU (09/25/85)
From: Augenbra@micro.udel.EDU I own a 520ST, and intend to develop some software on it. The development package didn't come in yet, but I have a question for people who have seen programs for both the Amiga and the ST. If I invest my time in writing a good salable program for the ST, will I be able to transfer it to the Amiga without unreasonable effort. Presumably the program should be organized in a certain way for it to work on both machines, so extend the question to mean "What constraints should I put on my program to make it transportable." I believe that the ST/Amiga is right now giving us a once in 5 year oppurtunity to write software without incredible competition (10 dif- ferent basics for the IBM-PC!). It is my firm belief that one of the 2 will make in the same way that the IBM-PC, Apple ][, or TRS-80 did (these are the machines that made it, whether you like it or not), and I don't want to invest my time programming on the wrong one of the two if my application won't be transportable. Obviously, though, I would prefer pro- gramming on the Atari if possible, because I already own one. J-o-e (This is another vote for net.amiga-st or net.window-machines. The ST and the Amiga should be discussed on the same net until they are more widely used by non-developers.) [Maybe a net called net.new-small-machines would be more appropriate and save all this effort of creating and arguing about what the new bboards should be with each new machine.]
davecl@orca.UUCP (Dave Clemans) (09/30/85)
Metacomco, which did the "Lattice" C for the Amiga, is supposedly also doing a "Lattice" C for the ST with a goal of keeping the libraries as compatible as possible. The last I heard the ST version from Metacomco was supposed to be out around the end of November. dgc