compiling software in winuae

[abu_the_monkey]

Hi all,

Is there any reason something compiled on my pc in winuae would not work on other pc's in winuae other than a non compatible setup?

or am I missing something obvious?

[abu_the_monkey]

hi there,

maybe that was a rather ambiguous question, to put it another way, are there any settings that could result in an executable that works only on my pc? jit for example, could this influence the way a compiler works under emulation?

[BippyM]

We would need more information. What have you compiled, what is your setup etc.. Why doesn't it work? Error codes, crash??

[abu_the_monkey]

just after a general rule of thumb.
is it best to avoid using things that speed up compilation like jit?
is it better to use cycle exact modes?
does it make a difference which cpu is used for emulation (is 68020 emulation more accurate than 68060)?
or does none of that make any difference?

[BippyM]

The emulation wont make a difference if compiling amiga software. The compiler outputs the code.

[FlynnTheAvatar]

Hi,

The settings in WinUAE do not make any difference when compiling stuff. The code that is generated will not differ if you are using JIT or not.

But the settings will be important when running your code. As a rule of thumb:
- the more you are hitting the hardware directly, the more "hand" optimized loops you have, the similar the WinUAE settings on both PCs need to be. Using JIT in that case will definitely break things.
- the cleaner your coding style is (the more system friendly), the less the settings matter. If you are only using the system libraries, do not depend on the time it takes for code to execute, the better. In this case even using JIT will not make a difference.

Hope this helps.

[abu_the_monkey]

so its ok to run it with any setup, the output will be the same regardless of jit, no jit, 68020/68060 processor selected, cycle exact, etc.

thank you.