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From: siegel@endor.harvard.edu (Rich Siegel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: THINK Class Library Questions
Keywords: THINK C
Message-ID: <2462@husc6.harvard.edu>
Date: 18 Aug 89 00:02:02 GMT
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In article <1989Aug17.075500.9811@agate.berkeley.edu> fjlim@garnet.berkeley.edu () writes:
>In article <480@lloyd.camex.uucp> kent@lloyd.UUCP (Kent Borg) writes:
>
>>4) Is there a way to have some objects compile with 68020/68881 code,
>>but not others?  Use libraries?  I am imagining two versions of the
>>same object, one does SANE calls, one calls the 68881/2 directly.  Or,
>>some objects might use 68020 instructions, with a 68000 version also
>>there.  Would decide which types to create at initialization time.
>

	You could use libraries, but mixed-mode projects
are still tricky. I'd recommend two separate versions of the same program,
each with its own compile settings.

>>6) Might you folks ever port this object library to other platforms,
>>or is the very idea too revolting?

	It's not a revolting idea, but I can't comment on the likelihood.
(Company policy, you know. :-))

		--Rich

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