C++ on Amiga

[TheBilgeRat]

To be fair, this is why I've never really bothered with amiga specific programming languages. Whatever I can't implement efficiently in C/C++, there's always assembler

Whaaa?  No AMOS Pro??

[NovaCoder]

@ andst

I've tried many of them, from SasC, to Storm and Cubic on the Amiga. SasC and Storm come with debuggers, but I've only had luck with the Storm one. Like NovaCoder, I've had the most success using a GCC in conjunction with Eclipse, but, sadly, no debugger for it, although it may be possible to set up a remote debugger. I'm still figuring that one out.


@ NovaCoder

It may be possible to do remote debugging with Eclipse. I'm currently researching how it might be done. The tools appear to be there, so I'm just not certain how to set them up or if they will play well together yet.

I've opened up a query over on the new meant-to-be-a-Utilitybase-replacement forum. Anybody who has any ideas is welcome to comment either here or there on the subject.

Hiya,

Yep I did manage to get Eclipse CDT 'working' using the AmiDevCpp cross compiler setup.  It managed to compile some of my project then started giving me errors about missing includes that were actually there.  I've now gone back to AmiDevCpp which may not have as many features as Eclipse CDT but at least it works.   I also tried CubicIDE and got nowhere, pain in the bottom.

I think it may be possible to hack in the gcc debugger to work from the shell but I doubt you'd be able to integrate it to CDT.

Trying to do any large scale C/C++ development without a debugger is like trying to fly a plane at night......with your eyes shut

[EDanaII]

Yep I did manage to get Eclipse CDT 'working' using the AmiDevCpp cross compiler setup. It managed to compile some of my project then started giving me errors about missing includes that were actually there. I've now gone back to AmiDevCpp which may not have as many features as Eclipse CDT but at least it works. I also tried CubicIDE and got nowhere, pain in the bottom.

What types of projects are you talking about? I have some issues with some projects started in other tools not compiling, and with MUI apps, including any I start, but my other projects compile consistenly with only minor issues.

I think it may be possible to hack in the gcc debugger to work from the shell but I doubt you'd be able to integrate it to CDT.

I'm not talking about integrating anything with the CDT. I'm talking about using the CDT's remote debug capabilities to listen for either GdbStop or GdbServer on the target machine. Like I said, I /think/ it's possbile, but without trying, there's no way to know for sure.

Trying to do any large scale C/C++ development without a debugger is like trying to fly a plane at night......with your eyes shut

Yea. Exactly why I'd like to find out if it's possible.

[Karlos]

Whaaa?  No AMOS Pro??

I did once try AMOS just to see what it was like. No offence to the author, but it was terrible. Absolutely everything about it felt alien and wrong. Not just the language, but the entire runtime and environment. Blitz Basic seemed much better from just about any angle you can compare them.

[SysAdmin]

It's cool Blitz Basic is still around.

http://www.blitzbasic.com/

[Thorham]

I did once try AMOS just to see what it was like. No offence to the author, but it was terrible. Absolutely everything about it felt alien and wrong.

Amos is too much like old school Basic dialects, and people who are used to newer languages, C/C++ or Assembler, are not going to like it.

[asymetrix]

@thread

Dont forget this wrapper library, I think Sam was attempting toget the source code a while back.

http://oop4a.benderirc.de/oop4a_e.html

discussion here
http://amigaworld.net/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic_id=30196&forum=27&start=0&viewmode=flat&order=0

[bloodline]

Once you get used to abstract data types/structures and proper functions, AMOS becomes quite frustrating... And this is where Blitz holds up much better... But that said, AMOS is a great teaching language

[Thorham]

Once you get used to abstract data types/structures and proper functions, AMOS becomes quite frustrating...

Same for assembly language. Having to do things the Amos way sucks turds after getting used to assembler.