eldorado@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (David D Jansen) (03/29/90)
Keywords: lack of support from within csa >By the way, I don't think it's worth worrying about the 8-bit Apples, >apart from possibly selling software to folks who still use them. Gee, that is very considerate of you! Just a student trying to slip through the cracks of Our Great Education System. _______________________________________________________________________________ Dave Jansen | INTERNET: eldorado@en.ecn.purdue.edu Electrical Engineering | BITNET: eldorado%ea.ecn.purdue.edu@purccvm Purdue University | UUCP: {purdue, pur-ee}!en.ecn.purdue.edu!eldorado
gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn) (03/29/90)
In article <9003281830.AA18965@en.ecn.purdue.edu> eldorado@EN.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (David D Jansen) writes: >>By the way, I don't think it's worth worrying about the 8-bit Apples, >>apart from possibly selling software to folks who still use them. >Gee, that is very considerate of you! I was afraid that would happen. Apparently our great educational system teaches people to interpret statements out of context. The original context was that of developing a "reasonable" ANSI C compiler for Apple II or IIGS. If you were to evaluate the effort it would take to meet that criterion for an 8-bit version versus what utility it might have, you should come to the same conclusion. A cross-compiler running on a 16-bit platform (probably IIGS or Mac) producing code for an 8-bit Apple target would perhaps be worthwhile, but (as I said) only if you're concerned with selling software to that market, since if you have a 16- bit system you would prefer to use it for your own application needs.