Thanks for the reply, Jud, it makes sense now. Best of luck.
- Bryan
> From: jud spencer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 20:32:01 -0800
> To: "Entourage:mac Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Finally: Office 2001 for OS X info!
>
> on 1/11/01 3:20 PM, Bryan Harris at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Would anyone with a bit of programming saavy be willing to explain to me why
>> porting to OS X is so difficult?
>>
>> (I always imagined most of the code was written in C++ (or java?), and that
>> a simple recompile would suffice. Or, if they've changed around some of the
>> library function names, use simple grep searches that would find/replace old
>> function names with the new ones.)
>
> For many applications, porting is a very simple process. For many others it
> is a very, very difficult process. Many library routines were taken out
> altogether. There is still some functionality that we are waiting to
> stabilize before we can adequately evaluate whether it is usable. Sorry I
> can't elaborate.
>
> Entourage (and all of the Office apps) have dependencies on other pieces
> being properly carbonized (In our case, things like Stuffit compression,
> Palm Sync, etc.).
>
> And then every once in a while a big curveball comes your way. Sharing
> memory between applications, and sharing a database between applications are
> big hairy items.
>
> Over time Apple has changed its tune about how difficult it is to Carbonize
> an application. The simplest of apps can be done in days and weeks. The more
> complex one is, the more likely it is that an upgrade will take much longer.
> It is relatively easy to get something that is demoable. It is a complete
> other problem to ship something that you would stake your reputation on.
>
> Oh yeah, you can also bet that the version that we ship for OS/X will not
> just be a carbonized version of 2001.
>
> jud
>
>
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