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The Amiga routines are written with a C interface, which makes then easiest
to use from C. They are also accessable from assembly langauge with just a
bit more effort. At this time, the current release of Amiga Pascal does not
have the ability to call external routines, so until the upgrade is widely
distributed, Pascal is rather limited. My own preference is for assembly
language, simply because it gives you better control over the system. Other
people will rave about C, because it's flexible and they feel high-level
languages are easier to work with than assembly. If you choose to learn
assembly, check out my column on assembly language programming that we being
in May in Amiga Project magazine. At this time, there are no books out that
are specifically devoted to Amiga assembly language. jan
Jan, I appreciate the advice. Unfortunately I had a bad experience with
Assembler on an IBM system involving high government officials and requiring
many years of therapy. However, I look forward to reading your column (if I
can find a copy here in Jackson, MS) and perhaps you can persuade me to
hurdle my mental block. Seriously, are you familiar enough with current C
literature to recommend some good books on the language? Thanks for the
help. Ben
Ben, I'm afraid that I haven't seen enough C books at this moment to
recommend one. I'm a college prof and I've convinced a bunch of text book
vendors that we're considering switching our introductory course for computer
majors from Pascal to C, so they ought to send me lots of C books to consider
for the course. So far, none have shown up. When they do, I'll have a
better idea what to recommend. For myself, I've been using a book that
teaches C to someone who already knows Pascal (From Pascal to C). It's
great, since it doesn't start from square one. Apparently, Addison/Wesley
also has a book out that goes from BASIC to C (I've got it on order…). jan s
Ben, I'm afraid that I haven't seen enough C books at this moment to
recommend one. I'm a college prof and I've convinced a bunch of text book
vendors that we're considering switching our introductory course for computer
majors from Pascal to C, so they ought to send me lots of C books to consider
for the course. So far, none have shown up. When they do, I'll have a
better idea what to recommend. For myself, I've been using a book that
teaches C to someone who already knows Pascal (From Pascal to C). It's
great, since it doesn't start from square one. Apparently, Addison/Wesley
also has a book out that goes from BASIC to C (I've got it on order…). jan s
Jan, I appreciate the advice. Unfortunately I had a bad experience with
Assembler on an IBM system involving high government officials and requiring
many years of therapy. However, I look forward to reading your column (if I
can find a copy here in Jackson, MS) and perhaps you can persuade me to
hurdle my mental block. Seriously, are you familiar enough with current C
literature to recommend some good books on the language? Thanks for the
help. Ben