Tim, A quick question in terms of compiling C++ code into iPhone: is this "Objective-C++" that Apple refers to ? Is that taking your C++ code and making calls to Cocoa Touch when required ? I've found this confusing in the past (ie: what does this look like with Objective-C...is it inlined, etc.).
Do you have any URL's referencing sample Objective-C++ ? Thanks, Scott On 11-02-11 3:43 PM, "Tim Mensch" <[email protected]> wrote: >On 2/11/2011 1:03 PM, Nathan wrote: >> On Feb 11, 11:13 am, JP <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> From a developer perspective, they've got something going with Qt, >>> both on Symbian and Maemo. I've checked it out and I liked what I saw. >>> Qt is good stuff and some of it is superior to what we get in Android, >>> and they have focus. Now devs are looking at WP7 and everybody's >>> pretty appalled. >> >> I'll take your word for it. But programming in C# is *not that bad*. >> Yes, I know there are those who really thrive on C and think >> everything should be in it. > >I'm totally not saying that C# is completely bad, or even that WP7 is bad. > >C# is NOT available on Android or iPhone as something approaching a >native solution, and so C# isn't even on the table. (There are ways to >code in C# on Android, including an Android-mono port, but the minimum >app size ends up in the 10-15Mb range -- was talking to a WP7 phone >developer about this on Reddit the other day [1]). And the key point is >that my games are written in C++ and Lua, and I can build them for >iPhone, Android, and Windows. Mac, Linux, and WebOS would be trivial >ports as well. C# can't give me that. > >And WP7 being good is irrelevant. A dozen different computer OSs were >better than PC-DOS. "Beta" tapes were demonstrably better than VHS. The >history of technology is littered with the corpses of "better" >technology that died because of a more popular but "inferior" tech. > >This is often caused by the so-called "network effect" [2], where the >more people who use a product, the more valuable it is. WP7 has to >overcome a HUGE deficit in mind share and market share in order to be a >contender, and I predict that it won't happen. > >Tim > > >[1] >http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/fdq0d/warning_to_game_developers_ >making_a_wp7_game/c1fkckh?context=3 >[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_effect > >-- >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Android Discuss" group. >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
