Amithlon: Cross-compiler environment

[bhoggett]

Cool. I didn't even know this one was in the works.

I've only just managed to get Martin Blom's Linux based cross-compiler installed properly, so this should complement it nicely.

[bhoggett]

Perhaps, but there are two things to note:

1- This compiler allows 68k programs to simply be recompiled, with minimal extra work if any. The performance gain can be anything up to about 50%.

2- Indications so far have failed to prove that there will be enough AOS4 users to support a commercial market on their own. Commercially prudent developers won't put all their eggs in one basket until they know that basket is big enough to hold 'em.

Aside from that I'll ignore the rest of your post which was just flamebait.

[bhoggett]

However, I wasn't trying to provoke a flame war

Yes, I read that disclaimer the first time round, but it's not enough if what you say afterwards remains blatantly provocative.

Your approach to this thread is: "Don't support Amithlon as it's a waste of time and effort."

As an Amithlon user, I have a problem with that. I'm not a fan of the "official" solution, nor will I be buying an AmigaOne because it doesn't meet my requirements, but I don't go around telling people they shouldn't support it, or shouldn't develop for AOS4, or whatever. See the difference?

I'll go further than that. Not one of the current Amiga related solutions (classic m68k AOS+WarpOS/PowerUP, AOS4, MOS, AROS, Amithlon)  have a hope in hell of supporting healthy commercial development on their own. This is simple economic reality. So, while it is unrealistic and impractical to expect everyone to merge into a unified product, co-operation is still possible. This would mean that commercial developers would have a common API to allow them to tap the biggest market possible, while it would also make it possible to share technology between the solutions, which would benefit everyone.

I'm already aware of one Linux application that is being ported to Amithlon, and which for the time being won't be available elsewhere. However, as the development is Open Source, it may be possible to use some of the technology to improve the other solutions in time. Everyone benefits.

PS: It doesn't help that the attitude of many Amigans is "better dead than Intel".

That's their problem, not mine.

They say there are two kinds of people who say "I'd rather die than...": those who don't really mean it, and the dead ones.
 :-P