Hello Hans-Joerg
On 11/01/2005, you wrote:
OTOH, I would hate to see us settle for the common factor alone. The claim to be "AmigaOS-Compatible" in MOS and AROS only goes as far as OS 3.1, and quite plainly, if there is a better way to do it in OS 4 I don't think that we should go for the inferior way just to remain compatible. I agree that staying compatible should be attempted (thus, for example, use the inline4 macros instead of writing something), but if there is a function in OS 4 that does the job better than custom written code in OS 3, then by all means, going for the OS4 specific function is the way to go.
I agree completely, we should attempt to write portable code only if it makes sense to do so, if not, well, comment your code & they'll know what that aiien code does :p
Regards