On 04/11/2012 02:16 AM, John Spikowski wrote: > This sounds grand but wouldn't it be prudent to get the Gambas console > mode interpreter working on Android Linux native first? I think a GUI > version of Gambas on Android is unrealistic at this time. Wait until > Ubuntu release their ARM mobile Linux.
I couldn't tell which part of John Rose's post you were replying to, but if it was about the transpiler concept, the whole idea there is that you wouldn't need a Gambas interpreter on Android because the Gambas bytecode would be transpiled to Java/Dalvik bytecode. But that would be a lot of work for Benoit, before the components even come into play, and no one else could realistically do it because it would break with any change to the Gambas bytecode. (I think I've been using the term "transpiler" incorrectly too, because apparently that refers to a program that compiles source code from language A into source code for language B, e.g. Google Web Toolkit that takes Java source and outputs Javascript source. I don't know what the correct term for my idea is -- perhaps it would be "dumb idea" -- but if you google transpiler "object code", most of the top 10 hits come from various crossposts of this mailing list thread.) Ubuntu for Android appeals to me, and I may try it on my own tablet. But having my clients or potential users install a second OS that runs in parallel doesn't strike me as enough to claim I'm doing Android development. I wouldn't base a product on it unless there were really no other way to do it. Rob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Developers, A Lot Can Happen In A Second. Boundary is the first to Know...and Tell You. Monitor Your Applications in Ultra-Fine Resolution. Try it FREE! http://p.sf.net/sfu/Boundary-d2dvs2 _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list Gambas-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
