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- >>>>> "Stewart" == Stewart Smith <ssmith@essun2.csu.murdoch.edu.au> writes:
- In article <4gdp1u$3vf@newsman.murdoch.edu.au> ssmith@essun2.csu.murdoch.edu.au (Stewart Smith) writes:
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- Stewart> Greetings, I'm interested in developing some portable
- Stewart> applications on several platforms, but currently don't
- Stewart> have any Mac hardware.
-
- Stewart> Is it possible yet to write code for the Mac API under
- Stewart> Executor?
-
- Not easily. The most popular C compilers are not yet usable under
- Executor.
-
- Stewart> Do any C++ compilers run under Executor?
-
- None that I know of -- Think and Code Warrior *don't* run.
-
- Stewart> Since Executor is totally independent of Apple code, ARDI
- Stewart> must already have implemented a Mac API for DOS and
- Stewart> Unix. Have you folks at ARDI ever considered releasing
- Stewart> your Mac API as a tool for developers to port Mac
- Stewart> applications to DOS/Unix, or for DOS/Unix people to
- Stewart> develop code for Macs? What I'd like to see is some sort
- Stewart> of library (source isn't necessary) that I could link to
- Stewart> programs written using gcc or djgcc. I personally would
- Stewart> find this a useful tool for which I'd be prepared to pay
- Stewart> at least what you're asking for Executor. I realise that
- Stewart> I'd eventually have to compile my code using a Mac
- Stewart> compiler in order to produce a binary, but at least I
- Stewart> could do my development on a stable operating system
- Stewart> (ie. Linux) using my existing hardware.
-
- That was ARDI's original idea. We had a product called ROMlib for the
- Sun-3 series (yup, we were working on all this mess back when Sun-3s
- were still viable) but working with programmers involved too much
- hand-holding. We might go back in that direction *after* Executor 2
- brings in enough cash to hire some additional employees, but we won't
- even think about it until after E2 is out.
-
- Stewart> No doubt these questions have been asked before. Thought
- Stewart> it was worth a try, though...
-
- Probably can't help you in the timeframe you're interested in. Sorry.
-
- Stewart> Stewart
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
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