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- Mere mortal David Ingebretsen provoked me by writing:
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- : This is not good news. I understand very well the problems involved with
- : cross platform support but I don't relish the thought that if I need a
- : particular plug in that only runs on SGI, that I then have to buy an SGi
- : to get the features. Then when that new plug in for the Alpha comes out,
- : having to buy and support an Alpha. And when all the PC plug ins hit the
- : street, I don't want to have to set up a render farm of several p90s just
- : to match the speed of the SGI and Alpha I had to buy earlier...
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- : I think you see the point. Because developers don't want to support ALL LW
- : users, we the users of LW might have to support ALL hardware if we need
- : all plug ins.
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- : The plug ins will be fabulous but are really going to open a can of
- : worms.
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- Well, there is the reason why interpreted languages like REXX (AREXX) are
- cool because they are so nicely portable. I've heard that REXX is
- different from AREXX, though, so if NewTek decided to push Rexx for the
- other platforms, it might not lead to the kind of compatibility you'd
- imagine. But in principle, sure. But if plugins are commercial, noone
- is going to give out their C source for recompiling/porting so that will
- lock it in a certain platform. With interpreted languages, the source is
- all out in the open so even if Rexx is slightly different, it might not
- take long for an Arexx wizard to port it (I don't know how legal that is,
- though).
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