On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Newman, David wrote: > > > > > > > Besides, how hard could it be? It has already been ported > > > to Linux. > > > > Said like a true fluffy :P > > > > I don't know what you mean by fluffy, but from my own > programming experience it isn't dificult to write software > that is portable between Linux, Solaris and any other > Posix like OS. It's not like hlds has any kernel drivers. > What does hlds have to do? Read some files, talk on the > network, etc, etc. All standard UNIX type things. The > only gatcha I could see would be endian issues with the > files. hlds _is_ using network byte order for network > communication, isn't it?
Its not the difficult to port it that is the problem.. the problem is that valve gets another platform to support.. which takes time and money... let valve spend that time and money doing something useful.. like fixing all the bugs in the game instead... /Bjorn -- Sometimes...in the morning...when I haven't slept...the computers talk to me, they say "good morning dave", so I say to myself, "That g**D**N Hal's awake!" _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
