Re: [MiNT] Mintlib based Software running under plain TOS

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jan 12, 2011 at 7:53 AM, Eero Tamminen <oak@helsinkinet.fi> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On maanantai 10 tammikuu 2011, Paul Wratt wrote:
>> In the future it would be worth the effort for programmers to make
>> sure there source can compile with AHCC, as that would help this
>> situation
>
> AHCC implements ANSI-C functions + TOS/GEM stuff, not any of
> the MiNT/Unix/POSIX functionality. It doesn't even have headers for those
> or for many other things that GCC has like C99 headers, it doesn't support
> C++ etc.
>
> I.e. if something is e.g. MiNT or C++ software as opposed to TOS SW,
> AHCC isnt' the right tool.
>
>
>        - Eero
>

The example I did not give was Highwire, which can compile with
AHCC/Pure C and GCC

I would think that apart from various C99 things (and C++ of course)
it is only a matter of the correct library being available for AHCC to
use

Paul