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Re: Assembler Programming - Costs versus Benefits

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Fri, 30 Nov 1990 12:54
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In article <CEDMAN.90Nov29102235@lynx.ps.uci.edu>, cedman@golem.ps.uci.edu (Carl Edman) writes:
> Amiga OS has been written in a way which is compatible
> with higher processors, ST OS hasn't. User programs for the ST should
> run unmodified under higher processors.

Um, no. It seems the ST operating system interface includes a bunch of calls
made by using reserved opcodes. Which turned into real opcodes on the 68020.
Big mistake. If it was just O/S internals stuff they could have fixed it by
now. In any case, none of it was necessary.

> And intuition.library does not screen you from any processor
> incompatibilities.

No, but high level languages do. Try doing "move SR,ea" in C some time.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
<peter@sugar.hackercorp.com>.
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From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva)
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Subject: Re: Assembler Programming - Costs versus Benefits
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