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- From: rosko@zeta.org.au (Ross McKay)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.mfc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools.owl,comp.sys.mac.programmer.codewarrior,comp.sys.mac.programmer.tools
- Subject: Re: cros-platform (mac-ms-windows) development
- Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1996 07:20:55 GMT
- Organization: Soft Technologies
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- kerr@math.ohio-state.edu (Kerr Gibson) wrote:
- >One question this brings up to my mind. Is there anything out there that
- >will convert previously created programs from one platform to another- or
- >does everyone recommend buying a cross platform kit and porting your code
- >to it?
-
- there are several products around for moving Motif code to M$-Windoze,
- and likewise for moving M$-Windoze to Motif. And of course, MFC code
- can be compiled for Mac using M$VC++ with Mac targets.
-
- >Another issue is what to do about technologies that your program uses on
- >one platform that do not exist on another. What do people do about that?
-
- >I guess what I'm really saying is, do these cross platform builders really
- >only work with the most generic of programs or can they be made to fully
- >utilize the capabilities of the varying platforms? E.g. OLE, applescript,
- >java, etc.
-
- Most deal only/mainly with the GUI, e.g Zinc, zApp, XVT et al. Some of
- the pricier ones go further, providing network support, database
- support (zApp provides a *little* of this), Unicode (Zinc + extra $),
- multi-threading, distributed objects... look at Galaxy, Neuron Data,
- and see your bank manager. For a corporate, the high end is definitely
- the answer, for small companies the low end usually suffices.
-
- Cheers,
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