Amiga programming languages

[kas1e]

No one mention Pascal there, but we also have FPC (free pascal compiler). Our version a bit old (from 2006 year), but still works and can be used. I also have in plans to make fresh version of it, but for now current version also can be used.

[tbreeden]

Just out of curiosity, what programming languages are supported by the current Amiga platform?
Correct me if I'm wrong but these are the ones I know of:
...
And a few that I guess are specific to the classic Amigas: ..., Modula-2

Wrong, wrong, wrong!

There is a very nice Modula-2 compiler, producing native PPC code, specifically supporting AOS 4, and getting better by the day (month?). I know because I wrote it and am still plugging away.

Check out the documentation in PDF format on the web: http://home.ntelos.net/~tbreeden/AgletM2PPC.pdf
also available in AmigaGuide format within the compiler distribution on OS4Depot:
http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/language/agletm2ppc.lha

Non-trivial programs I've produced with it at OS4Depot are
GuideMaker, a Reaction based aide to creating and modifying AmigaGuide docs.
http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=development/utility/guidemaker.lha

and Capture Challenge, a game for programmers (C, E, M2, whatever) to write the bull-goose player program to defeat all comers at the game - using Amiga Pipes to issue their program's moves to the Modula-2 written game engine
http://os4depot.net/?function=showfile&file=development/game/capturecontest.lha

There is more to be done, of course, for complete OS4 support, but it supplies access to almost all of the Amiga OS4 Interfaces of the SDK.

I'm thinking of buying and advertisement on AmigaWorld

Tom

[tonyw]

@orangeBuzzard

GMP for OS4 is available on OS4Depot:
http://www.os4depot.net/index.php?funct ... th/gmp.lha

It was back in 2007, when the A1-SE and XE were the only game in town. I haven't run any of the built-in tests on a Sam 440 or 460, so I don't know how versatile it is. It may be that it needs to be reconfigured for different CPUs.

[JosDuchIt]

Scripting: Python, ARexx

and Gui4Cli, http://users.online.be/AD/ which is working under OS4.1 , but for some minor problems (pipe, window background) & outputs some debug info.

I'll try to improve again in fall this year.

[afxgroup]

i have an half-working version of OpenCobol.. just in case..

[voxel]

there is the Pascal and E languages and speaking of Web languages : Rebol (the little gem by Carl Sassenrath) and PHP too

[Hypex]

The original E works on AmigaOS4 and my EDBG mod allows line step debugging in the GUI.

But as well as PortablE there is ECX. Which is also native on OS3, MOS and OS4. It's very close to the original E and compiles fast. It also allows inline ASM and compiles direct to PPC code. And is also the most compatible with AmigaE sources.

Multi-platform code can be written with #ifdef's where on OS4 you need to open a library interface. But it works just like a library as from then you can forget about it and use normal library names. Specific interface methods are in the works for a later date. I've tested it on OS4 extensively enough and after a few bug reports it should now be OS4 bug free.

Check it out here:
http://blubbedev.net/ecx/

I see the author hasn't appeared here. Well, after all, he is a native MOS man.

[alekc]

Web languages: ?????

Well, you can count Python as web language as well (besides simple scripting) although I haven't tested it running web frameworks like Django on AmigaOS 4.x yet (something on my quite long TODO list). There were couple of PHP versions (and still are downloadable from os4depot) but I guess the best option right now is AAMP http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/server/misc/aamp-amicygnix.lha with Apache, PHP and MySQL in one package.

[nbache]

Web languages: ?????

There were couple of PHP versions (and still are downloadable from os4depot) but I guess the best option right now is AAMP http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/server/misc/aamp-amicygnix.lha with Apache, PHP and MySQL in one package.

There's also a native, non-AmiCygnix version: http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/server/misc/aamp.lha

Best regards,

Niels

[alekc]

There's also a native, non-AmiCygnix version: http://os4depot.net/index.php?function=showfile&file=network/server/misc/aamp.lha

Best regards,

Niels

Very good point. I somehow forgot completely about this option since I use AmiCygnix. Anyway AAMP is a great addition to AmigaOS.