home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Xref: sparky alt.sys.amiga.demos:1677 comp.sys.amiga.applications:8700 comp.sys.amiga.introduction:1547 comp.sys.amiga.marketplace:8942 comp.sys.amiga.misc:16909 comp.sys.amiga.advocacy:29215
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.demos,comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.introduction,comp.sys.amiga.marketplace,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
- Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!walker
- From: walker@twix.unx.sas.com (Doug Walker)
- Subject: Re: Programming
- Originator: walker@twix.unx.sas.com
- Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events)
- Message-ID: <Bxt9zr.JCx@unx.sas.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:40:39 GMT
- References: <BxoxsK.Hxq@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1e3nlmINNeb4@ub.d.umn.edu> <mwm.2n55@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> <1e41q2INNne0@ub.d.umn.edu>
- Nntp-Posting-Host: twix.unx.sas.com
- Organization: SAS Institute Inc.
- Lines: 37
-
-
- In article <1e41q2INNne0@ub.d.umn.edu>, rfentima@ub.d.umn.edu (Robert Fentiman) writes:
- |> the commodities. As with ANY language, these properties that you
- |> describe are code dependant. I could write a C program that would not
- |> allow what you have said. Does that make C bad? I am fairly positive
- |> many (if not all) of what you have suggested can be implemented in an AMOS
- |> program. Everything I have stated IS TRUE to the extent of my
- |> knowledge. For answers to these questions, ask a more experienced AMOS
- |> user.
-
- The point is that with AMOS it's not totally code dependant. AMOS
- has a run-time portion which is always the same. I don't know much
- about AMOS, but the claim these guys are making is that this run-time
- portion disables multitasking and steals the input stream from
- Intuition. Since you don't control the run-time portion with your
- code, this would imply that ALL programs written in AMOS do this.
- If this is true, AMOS is indeed a toy language and not suitable for
- any serious application. Please, if any more experienced AMOS users
- are around, let us know if the above statements are true - as I said,
- I've never used AMOS.
-
- As a side question, is AMOS a compiled or interpreted BASIC? If it's
- interpreted, that reduces its usefulness for commercial products, but
- wouldn't affect its usefulness for personal applications or PD
- projects.
-
- |> Robert Fentiman
-
- --
- *****
- =*|_o_o|\\=====Doug Walker, Software Distiller====== BBS: (919)460-7430 =
- *|. o.| || 1200/2400/9600 Dual
- | o |// For all you do, this bug's for you!
- ======
- usenet: walker@unx.sas.com bix: djwalker
- Any opinions expressed are mine, not those of SAS Institute, Inc.
-
-