DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu (Doug Bischoff) (12/01/90)
Hokay. I now have my nifty little Amiga sitting here, begging me to dust off my programming skills and do something useful. So: here's the question. Please avoid religious debates: I need serious and well-thought answers. I'm serious. Languages I know cold: Basic (don't laugh) Languages I know if a manual's handy: Turbo Pascal Fortran Turbo Prolog REXX Langages I'm familiar with: Assembly (only barely!!!) LOGO Scheme Hokay. What I'm looking for is a COMPILED language with a decently friendly user interface, that runs on a 3000 under WB 2.0 that will generate efficient, fast code. Emphasis is on graphics and interface designs. Memory to run is not a problem (I guess: 2 chip 4 fast megs). I'm not rich (I just bought a 3000, after all!) but neither do I want a cheap compiler that is hard to use/generates slow/bulky code. Any advice on what language and implementation is greatly appreciated. A fast compiled Basic would be a godsend, but I know such animals are rare. Much thanks. /---------------------------------------------------------------------\ | -Doug Bischoff- | *** *** ====--\ | "It's so neat to | | -DEB110 @ PSUVM- | * *** * ==|<>\___ | see an AMIGA say | | -The Black Ring- | *** *** |______\ | "Welcome to | | --- "Wheels" --- | *** O O | Macintosh"" | | Corwyn Blakwolfe | T.R.I. ------------- | ---- AMIGA ---- | \---------------------------------------------------------------------/
etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson) (12/02/90)
In article <90334.122319DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu> DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu (Doug Bischoff) writes: > *** stuff deleted *** > > Languages I know cold: > Basic (don't laugh) > *** mor stuff deleted *** > Any advice on what language and implementation is greatly appreciated. >A fast compiled Basic would be a godsend, but I know such animals are rare. >Much thanks. When the AMOS compiler is released (expect a few months more) You will have a fast compiled Basic. Until then AMOS is a fast interpreted Basic. Otherwise I think You better learn C (it's not hard when You know Pascal, I am sometimes teacher at C and Unix courses, so I know). C is THE language on Amiga. Tommy Petersson
sl195@cc.usu.edu (A banana is not a toy) (12/06/90)
In article <90334.122319DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu>, Doug Bischoff <DEB110@psuvm.psu.edu> writes: > Hokay. I now have my nifty little Amiga sitting here, begging me to > dust off my programming skills and do something useful. > > So: here's the question. Please avoid religious debates: I need serious > and well-thought answers. I'm serious. > > Languages I know cold: > Basic (don't laugh) > > Languages I know if a manual's handy: > Turbo Pascal > Fortran > Turbo Prolog > REXX > > Langages I'm familiar with: > Assembly (only barely!!!) > LOGO > Scheme > > Hokay. What I'm looking for is a COMPILED language with a decently > friendly user interface, that runs on a 3000 under WB 2.0 that will generate > efficient, fast code. Emphasis is on graphics and interface designs. Memory > to run is not a problem (I guess: 2 chip 4 fast megs). > I'm not rich (I just bought a 3000, after all!) but neither do I want a > cheap compiler that is hard to use/generates slow/bulky code. > Any advice on what language and implementation is greatly appreciated. > A fast compiled Basic would be a godsend, but I know such animals are rare. > Much thanks. > > /---------------------------------------------------------------------\ > | -Doug Bischoff- | *** *** ====--\ | "It's so neat to | > | -DEB110 @ PSUVM- | * *** * ==|<>\___ | see an AMIGA say | > | -The Black Ring- | *** *** |______\ | "Welcome to | > | --- "Wheels" --- | *** O O | Macintosh"" | > | Corwyn Blakwolfe | T.R.I. ------------- | ---- AMIGA ---- | > \---------------------------------------------------------------------/ Why not learn C? IMHO C is a bear (pain to debug w/o a debugger), but it's well supported on the Amiga. Though, I have to admit that I'm looking seriously at brushing off my assembly. (Sadly I've not touched it since writing commercial applications in Z80 on a TRS-80 Model II of all things!) -- All comments are my own, and many must be taken with a :-) =============================++++++++++++++++++++============================= | Demetrios Triandafilakos | James Knowles | "Remember, always remember,| | Shire of Cote du Ciel | BITNET: SL195@USU | my son -- a banana is not | | Principality of Artemesia | INTERNET: | a toy." | | Kingdom of Atenvelt | sl195@cc.usu.edu | - The Wise Guru | =============================++++++++++++++++++++============================= Be all that you can be - see your local SCA Knight Marshal now.