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"WHY?"
That's the first question Marc Walters
asks when I show him development
versions of ASTERIX.
"What use will it be?" is another.
Many coders who have experienced UNIX
or it's clones do so at University
or College, as part of Comp.Sci,
Maths or associated courses. We
learn about all sorts of interesting
things, and We being what we are,
immediately go out and apply any
ideas.
Usually though, most people have
"Upgraded" and their work ends up on
a 16 bitter (or worse). I'm the
Impoverished Undergrad so I'm forced
to remain with this machine (Not
that I don't mind, of course).
Back in my wild youthful days (-:, I
was a bit of a coder, and created
tonnes of stuff (Demos, Compactors,
etc). These projects require a fair
amount of time to produce, so when
it came to worry about study, etc,
my output dropped significantly
But this project is ideal for my
situation. I can write (small)
programs all the time, without
having to sacrifice time needed for
my studies. If I get a good idea for
a 'GREP', I can get it done in only
a day or so, compared to weeks or
months for a demoprog, etc.
So I hope this explains my motives for
creating this. I'm not intending to
become another Ken Thompson or
Dennis Ritchie, just an efficent
'serious' C64 coder who has no
intention of changing.
PS: ASTERIX is rather 'powerful' IMHO,
a lot more maybe than CP/M. Problem
is I'm not that good at writing
(docs) so it's unlikely there will
be a 'serious' release version.
---
Chris Baird, aka "Polar" "TCK"
24/2/1991