porting an app written in C

[powrslave]

How hard is it to port an app from C into amiga if amiga libraries exist.
ssl and pcre?

Is it impossible sometimes to port something?
How much does it cost to hire someone or to at least give an expert opinion.

[Thorham]

Originally Posted by powrslave

How hard is it to port an app from C into amiga if amiga libraries exist.

Can range from trivially easy to very, VERY time consuming. Depends completely on whats to be ported.

Originally Posted by powrslave

ssl and pcre?

SSL has been done (new version has been released recently). If by PCRE you mean Perl Compatible Regular Expressions, then that may not be too difficult. Could even be very easy if it's written in C89 and has no annoying dependencies (like Lua, which is so easy to compile that it hardly qualifies as porting).

Originally Posted by powrslave

Is it impossible sometimes to port something?

Probably not, but there are things which are pointless to port because they're too heavy for 68k, or use too much memory.

Originally Posted by powrslave

How much does it cost to hire someone or to at least give an expert opinion.

If it's about porting things to Amiga, then you probably won't find anyone who does that professionally.