From: "Steven Matty" Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc Subject: Re: WarpOS released !!! Date: 01 Oct 97 19:10:12 +0000 Message-ID: <1703.7213T1150T609@ldngedge.demon.co.uk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: ldngedge.demon.co.uk X-NNTP-Posting-Host: ldngedge.demon.co.uk [158.152.242.46] X-Newsreader: THOR 2.4 (Amiga;TCP/IP) *UNREGISTERED* Lines: 51 Path: 195.95.96.10!news.unisource.be!News.Amsterdam.UnisourceCS!cosy.sbg.ac.at!newsfeed.Austria.EU.net!EU.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!Sprint!newsfeed.internetmci.com!195.99.66.215!news-feed1.eu.concert.net!news-peer.bt.net!btnet!dispose.news.demon.net!demon!news.demon.co.uk!ldngedge.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail I've been reading this thread with interest, and thought I'd add my bit... Good Things(tm) about WarpOS ---------------------------- 1) It is (allegedly) faster Bad Things(tm) about WarpOS --------------------------- 1) Programmers wishing to write for it *MUST* use H&P's commercial C compiler 2) It is completely incompatible with the DE-FACTO PowerUP kernel 3) It won't be possible to write code with GCC or SAS/C and run these programs nuder WarpOS (afaik, WarpOS will not run programs compiled to use Phase5's library in ELF format) 4) Having to reboot to run a PowerUP program or a WarpUP program is just plain awful 5) It's a kludge - no matter how you present it, it is based on reverse engineering of the PowerUP hardware - and is more likely to break on future (or current?) cards. The way I see it - it's a thinly disguised attempt to force Amiga developers to use the StormC compiler as "The Standard" which IMHO is a VERY BAD THING INDEED(tm) I hope the majority of developers see sense and refuse to fall for it. Regards, Steve. ..---------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Red When Excited Ltd Telephone +44 1302 890000 to order your copy | | TEL: +44 1705 641462 of the Blitz Support Suite NOW! | +---------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A1200T/16Mb/40Mhz040/6GbHD/1.76MbFD/33.6kModem/8xCD/MultiSync/HyperCOM3 | | EMAIL: Big.Will.Riker@ldngedge.demon.co.uk | | WWW : http://www.ldngedge.demon.co.uk | `-- ---- -- ----------------------------------------------------------------'