This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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C compiler
Message #114917
A friend of mine is looking to purchase a C compiler for his Amiga (a 500). He'd like to know what's available, and which package has the fastest math handling routines, and how the speeds differences would be affected by adding a math co-processor. Gary
#Amiga/Commodore
Message #60106
The devolpment was moved east to Wests. How 'bout that! grin
How far is it possible to go with keyword protection, in a mass market situation? The ultimate keyword protection would be an individual keyword for each copy of the program. But, the frustration that pirates would face, would cause them to remove the keyword check. Gary
Hi Paul, A helpful hint. In future, when listing a program in a message , enter a period "." before each line. This is a code for the editor to force a carriage return, independent of the readers screen size. Gary
Hi Paul, A helpful hint. In future, when listing a program in a message , enter a period "." before each line. This is a code for the editor to force a carriage return, independent of the readers screen size. Gary
Hi Dick, I agree completely, not tokenizing a program makes very little sense. Tokens allow program execution to be faster, while having smaller program size. I can't undestand why anyone would write an interpreter that has to parse through a long, full length list of commands. Even a 2 byte…
Hi Dick, I was talking to someone from Commodore the other day, and I beleive that he mentioned that ABasic does not tokenize. This would be a very good explanation of why an ABasic file is so large compared to a 64's. Of course, the benefit of an untokenized BASIC,…
#pinwhe.bas
Message #42257
Hi Dennis, Thanks for the help, we appreciate it. Gary *** There is a reply: 42273 Enter command, N for next message or for menu : n
#Amiga DL
Message #42225
Hello, We have been experiencing some problems with the files uploaded to DL7. People have been complaining that the files were incomplete, or had errors in them. The Sysops moved them out of public view, to prevent a flood of "why can't I download it" messages. However, some other members…
downloading?
Message #42047
Hi Eugene, To download from here you need VIP XL, which has Xmodem. So when you choose to download, set VIP for Xmodem download. Also if you download a program with a .img header, you will need to use a program called BINIMG.BIN in DL7 of PCS-116, to strip the…