Alternative platforms are a great way to sharpen ones chops, and as well be an early newcomer to a potentially engaging, large-scale platform of new users who are tired of the mainstream, of which there are plenty.
For the same reason that one might learn Lua to write a quick crank app for the play.date machine .. or write a synth plugin for Zynthian.
Alternative platforms are, for a passionate hacker/coder/software person, an extraordinary playground for creative development, both personal and product-wise.
All I'm saying is, sometimes it is great to shed the cruft of modern platform development, and have a look at how things could be done - alternatively - in a way that is nevertheless future-useful.
The constraints of developing an algorithm at great length in the Amiga environment, may then result in a value increase when you port the right bits elsewhere .. many a bit of C has led such a slippery life, you know...
For the same reason that one might learn Lua to write a quick crank app for the play.date machine .. or write a synth plugin for Zynthian.
Alternative platforms are, for a passionate hacker/coder/software person, an extraordinary playground for creative development, both personal and product-wise.
All I'm saying is, sometimes it is great to shed the cruft of modern platform development, and have a look at how things could be done - alternatively - in a way that is nevertheless future-useful.
The constraints of developing an algorithm at great length in the Amiga environment, may then result in a value increase when you port the right bits elsewhere .. many a bit of C has led such a slippery life, you know...