Yokemate of Keyboards
Posts: 2720 from 2003/2/24
Quote:
Andreas_Wolf wrote:
> There's no reason why Datatypes would disappear
There have been recentish statements from your colleagues that could be interpreted otherwise:
Could. Especially if you have an agenda, and if you narrow down your view from the bigger picture of what has really been said, down to single sentences or words.
Quote:
"Datatypes [...] are mostly broken by design and Reggae is so much easier and flexible in any way."
http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=3&topic_id=11382&start=86
And all it says is that Reggae is better. Which is kind of true, isn't it? And that's all it says.
Quote:
"basically only some shell commands and libraries/datatypes are based on AROS. Many of those are only present to be backward compatible even that there is a replacement already. Since compatiblity with 68K is no longer an issue in the future those likely will be dropped. datatypes [...] for example are basically already quite obsolete. [...] Reggae is a nice replacement for datatypes."
http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=3&topic_id=11372&start=54
Well, this is also true. New and better stuff (like Reggae) is already in place and could replace old obsolete stuff (datatypes). Running programs on the new MorphOS requires adaption and recompiling anyway, meaning an opportunity to adapt to the better Reggae as well. And the key word here is "likely", meaning no decision but reflecting the views of the writer.
Quote:
"datatypes suck, imo ;) There's a reason for Reggae."
http://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?forum=3&topic_id=11301&start=30
This is also true, datatypes suck in comparison to Reggae, which is the reason to why Reggae exists. And that's all it say.
Personally, I'm all for dropping datatypes in favor of Reggae. That is long overdue. IMO, Reggae has not been getting the attention it deserves despite being so much better, and has had to live in the shadow of datatypes, where it couldn't grow the way it should, mostly because of Amiga compatibility reasons probably.
So when existing programs needs adaption anyway, it would be a good time to remove this and maybe other obsolete parts as well, so that the new MorphOS becomes as good as possible.
SoundBankster is a great example of what becomes possible when using the bundle of MorphOS exclusive, new technologies, instead of trying to rely on similar but obsolete (or non-existing) Amiga stuff, like datatypes.
http://obligement.free.fr/gfx2/soundbanksterreboot_beta.png
Let us see more of that kind of SW, harnessing the new powerful built-in functions of MorphOS!
MorphOS is Amiga
done right! MorphOS NG will be AROS
done right!