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- From: mtpins@icaen.uiowa.edu (Michael T Pins)
- Subject: Re: AMOS bashing...
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- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.034400.22944@news.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 03:44:00 GMT
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- white@gtewd.mtv.gsc.gte.com writes:
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- > C'mon guys, Amos can be as easy or as complex as you want it to
- >be. I'm really tired of people saying that AMOS is just a kids language.
- >Sure, it can be a good introduction to programming (just like any other
- >basic language in the world can be.) I have called Amiga DOS commands
- >from amos, executed foreign executables from amos, and opened a cli and
- >written program output to it. I wrote a quick-and-dirty IFF to postscript
- >converter, and of course a few games.
- > I'm not saying that these programs will support every aspect of
- >the system, but from a utilitarian point of view they work great. I
- >am a little disappointed that Amos does not have full intuition support
- >but its getting there.
- > Every language has its ups and downs but with a little knowledge
- >of assembly most of downs can be avoided.
-
- Except, apparently, in the case of AMOS....
- Although I've never played with AMOS proper, every program written in AMOS
- that I've ever seen (and I've had a *lot* uploaded to me) sends Enforcer
- and/or Mungwall through the roof.
-
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