which language should i use to program a utility for workbench

[jcgeuze]

i have coding experience, but only with modern languages.

Which is the best option to build an app to run in workbench. Preferably where using the tcp/ip stack is easy accessible.

[malko]

I don't know what is a "modern" language but C could be a nice choice .

This may maybe interest you :
https://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=72580
https://www.hyperion-entertainment.c...diate-download
http://amigadev.elowar.com/

[Karlos]

Rust. You should use Rust. It protects developers so much from all their mistakes. It will protect you from the mistake of writing a utility for workbench by virtue of the fact it doesn't support 68K in the first place and even it did, the syntax is is so eye-stabbingly awful you'll either go over the precipice and become an advocate or run away forever.

[TCD]

I found that Amiga E is pretty easy to learn and get results in if you come from a 'modern' coding background.

[Honitos]

I - of course - have to suggest AmiBlitz3, as it offers helpful IDE.
You can do simple window applications very fast and make use of standard amiga libraries as you would do in C or E.

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[jcgeuze]

So Amiga E or AmiBlitz3, i'll have to dig into those.Thanks for the suggestions

[DisasterIncarna]

Originally Posted by jcgeuze

So Amiga E or AmiBlitz3, i'll have to dig into those.Thanks for the suggestions

Amiblitz3 can do anything from games to commandline utilities or GUI capable ones with relative ease, heres a quick vid of 2 projects im still working on both made in AmiBlitz3. A GUI/Frontend for the excellent UHC-Tools package and my own version/variation of iGame which can also be used as an early startup boot sequence selector.

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[rothers]

Originally Posted by Karlos

Rust. You should use Rust. It protects developers so much from all their mistakes. It will protect you from the mistake of writing a utility for workbench by virtue of the fact it doesn't support 68K in the first place and even it did, the syntax is is so eye-stabbingly awful you'll either go over the precipice and become an advocate or run away forever.

I've not tried Rust, but have you tried Swift? I hated it at first with it's attempts to catch every possible error, but now I love it.


A lot of these new languages with their error traps remind me of ZX Spectrum basic where it would not allow you to enter a line if it found an issue. It does make sense once you get back in to that mindset.


Not sure why they ever abandoned it tbh.

[a/b]

They didn't. It's called javascript now :P.

[BippyM]

Originally Posted by Honitos

I - of course - have to suggest AmiBlitz3, as it offers helpful IDE.
You can do simple window applications very fast and make use of standard amiga libraries as you would do in C or E.

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Thank you

[Honitos]

Thanks for the hint.

[jman]

Originally Posted by Karlos

Rust. You should use Rust.

I know this is just trolling but I'm happy to say that maybe you're not /that/ far from the truth.

m68k is now a "Tier 3" target in Rust (basically it means no official support, just that someone is willing to pour some personal effort to try to make it work):
https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/plat...linux-gnu.html

Related project: POC in Rust for the Sega Genesis / MegaDrive:
https://github.com/ricky26/rust-mega-drive