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#67459From: John DraperMay 13, 1987 1:34 AM
Right Steve, as I said, BCPL makes a lot of sense on the right machine. That is also why I wish they had documented the Amiga's routines in assembler terms rather than in C terms. They've even gone so far as to C'ify the assembler include files, with the misguided belief that they would be somehow easier to read. As far as I am concerned, documenting a machine in a higher level language is justifiable only if that machine uses the language as its lowest coding level.
#67489From: Steve FaiwiszewskiMay 13, 1987 9:29 AM
I agree; use high level language if EVERYTHING is done in that language only! The Mac software was done in Pascal, so Pascal programming on the Mac is pretty straight forward, but C on the Mac took a while to show up because it didn't "fit" right at first. – Steve –
#67489From: Steve FaiwiszewskiMay 13, 1987 9:29 AM
I agree; use high level language if EVERYTHING is done in that language only! The Mac software was done in Pascal, so Pascal programming on the Mac is pretty straight forward, but C on the Mac took a while to show up because it didn't "fit" right at first. – Steve –