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- From: jkarcher@ix.netcom.com(John J. Karcher )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Will the PPC split up the Amiga community?
- Date: 8 Mar 1996 16:04:34 GMT
- Organization: Netcom
- Message-ID: <4hplqi$lt6@cloner3.netcom.com>
- References: <759.6640T1197T588@cs.ruu.nl>
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- X-NETCOM-Date: Fri Mar 08 8:04:40 AM PST 1996
-
- In <759.6640T1197T588@cs.ruu.nl> wsldanke@cs.ruu.nl (Wessel Dankers)
- writes:
-
- >If AT introduces the PowerAmiga and developers start writing PPC
- stuff, won't
- >that mean an enormous break between those who start programming/coding
- for the
- >PPC and those who will remain 680x0 oriented just to stay backwards-
- >compatible?
-
- No! Developers will simply have to compile two versions of their
- programs; one for 680X0 and one for the PowerPC. In cases where
- assembly coding is required, some parallel development will be
- required, but this should not be a problem in most cases.
-
-