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#150763-
Rewrite AmigaDOS
Message #151140
> And while you're at it, consider making the new API like Windows. It > would do wonders to make it easy to port software between platforms. ..and make programming the nightmare it is under Windows. I program for Windows for a living and would gladly give it up for…
> To actually do an assign is a bit of a task under 1.2, but if you want > to you can take the following route: Just when I thought nobody knew the answer, along comes a knight in shining armour! Your answer was along the lines that I was…
> system(AmigaDOS command); There is also a similar function built into AmigaDOS called Execute(). However, I am trying to hack the system the hard way rather than do it the correct way! Since the program is only for one computer that will NEVER be upgraded, this is not a problem.…
Thanks for your reply. > function: Execute ("assign c: dh1:c",NULL,NULL); This is what I am doing at the moment. My application is to convert my Startup-Sequence to C to make it faster (it boots from floppy & loads the HD drivers). Also it satisfies a strange desire that I have…
Code to ASSIGN (OS1.2)
Message #41256
Does anyone have some code to perform an ASSIGN in C under DOS 1.2? Actually, the minimum that I need to do is re-assign something (eg. ASSIGN C: dh1:C) rather than create a new logical device name (eg. MyOwnNewDir:). I have managed to find the structures that handle this in…
> "One of its new products, the Amiga CD32 video game, had sold > poorly in Europe, where the company did most of its business." > > Say what? I thought they were going out the door as fast as > they made them. Were the reports of sales inaccurate?…
> 1. Have you ever encountered the "Hungarian" notation for variable names > as recommended by Microsoft for Windows programming? I had to work on code > like this for a while, I didn't see the great advantages, either, and it > would cumbersome. Some was handy, like 'sz' prefixes…
>> class { … >> void HandleClick() = [MOUSE_CLICK_EVENT]; >> } > >You mean the one that's so useful they're taking away? What!?! They better not! I have heaps of code at work that depends on this! >>Or do we still have to buy Commeau C++ to get [templates and…
I like them! Actually, I have just had my first glimpse of Apple's Newton Messagepad. Rumours have it that a third party is developing a programming language for it called "My Fish Eat Cheese". It wasn't supposed to be called that, but the silly computer kept getting the name wrong!…
> C++ version 3.0 minus templates and exception handling. I guess this is reasonable for most users. As I said, if these extra features are required then there is still the option of Commeau C++. I find that C++ makes programming 10 times the enjoyment of non-OO languages. As for…
You are both correct and incorrect. There is a C+. However it is not the same a "C with Classes". To quote from Bjarne Stroustrup's "The C++ Programming Language" 2nd edition: "The name C++ (pronounced C plus plus) was coined by Rick Mascitti in the summer of 1983. The name…
Yes you can find similar programs for the Amiga. For Paradox, the only option on the Amiga is Superbase Professional. It has a BASIC type language and a form generator. My experience with this product is restricted to reading reviews of it and, for some reason, receiving buglists for the…
#Which C++ version?
Message #36194
What wonderful news to have SAS upgrade their C compiler into the 90s. I have always thought that the Amiga environment would lend itself well to C++. The big question is, what version of the language will be implemented? Will it have Templates? Multiple inheritance? How about the non-standard, but…
You can use 10ns simms if you could find them and afford for them! The memory modules have to keep up with the computer, not the other way around. The speed rating just says that the memory can be accessed that fast. It is the computer that sets the pace.…