From: lecoat@atari.org   
      
   Hi,   
      
   Miro KropáĠ  
   ek writes:   
   >> Nowadays, the evolution of ATARI developers' world, implies that I can't   
   >> continue programming, because GNU/GCC 4.2 for ATARI is inappropriate for   
   >> old sources in C language.   
   >   
   > You do understand that Atari/FreeMiNT has nothing to do with this and   
   versions past 4.6.4 (I guess this is the version you're referring to) are even   
   more strict, to make more issues visible, right?   
   >   
   > Either fix your code or use the older gcc versions, you're free to continue   
   your programming. ;)   
      
   What worries me the most, is that there's no 16bits integer type. The   
   C language is inappropriate for 16/32bits ATARI machines. It would have   
   been convenient if Motorola had maintained the 68k processors series,   
   but it was abandoned. There's no need to renew the C semantic, because   
   the machines didn't evolved. I don't want to put all my code up-side-   
   down because it's 30 years old, and I began learning Kernighan and   
   Ritchie in 1987.   
      
   So, of course I will continue using GNU/GCC 3.3.6, but it's not   
   maintained for ATARI old sources like mine. There's no cross-tools.   
      
   The situation where I'm arrived has a name : programmed obsolescence.   
   That means that all is done for the younger generation to forget what   
   was done before them. The information technology has no history, no   
   memory, no past !   
      
   Regards,   
      
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   François LE COAT   
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