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- From: m.hendry@dial.pipex.com (Mathew Hendry)
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- Subject: Re: 680X0 -> PPC translator?
- Date: Thu, 7 Mar 96 18:15:15
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- Jolyon Ralph (jralph@cix.compulink.co.uk) wrote:
- : > A more flexible dynamic emulation system with stored translations is a
- : > much better solution, and will get a hell of a lot more applications >
- : > working.
- :
- : The way to get applications working is to make sure developers have PPC
- : development systems on time so they can port REAL PPC apps.
-
- Yes, but many of the Amiga's best applications are no longer in active
- development, and in almost all cases source code for them is not freely
- available.
-
- Given the admitted difficulty of making a reliable static translator, I still
- think the emulation method is the most sensible way to go. Adding more complex
- features such as the dynamic storage and caching of already translated code
- can come later - surely the aim should be to get as many applications working
- (if slowly, initially) as soon as possible.
-
- -- Mat.
-