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- >>>>> "Chad" == Chad Page <cpage@best.com> writes:
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- Chad> Why not create an Executor Developers Kit, which would
- Chad> come with DJGPP, a staticly linked library with the primary
- Chad> ROMlib code, and documentation (possibly with some bundled
- Chad> in API docs - maybe licensed from Apple? I know Inside
- Chad> Macintosh can now be FTP'ed, but you need Apple's DocViewer
- Chad> to read them, and unless things have changed lately, that
- Chad> will not run under Executor.)
-
- Actually, Executor began as a source-compatible library called ROMlib.
- The idea is that ROMlib let you compile your app on platforms other
- than a Mac. Eventually we abandoned that and moved to binary
- compatibility. With a fast enough emulator, that's feasible, and we
- don't need the cooperation of the developers to get their programs
- running.
-
- There are many tricky issues involved with writing a developer's kit.
- Endianness issues are the worst; 80x86 developers would have to be
- very careful to always byte swap at the right times. A fancy
- developer's kit may be an avenue we explore in the future, but for now
- we've got to stay focused.
-
- Thanks for the suggestion, though!
-
- -Mat
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