>From: "Jason Partyka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: Re: stdio in Palm
>Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2001 06:14:49 -0700
>
>
> >For sprintf, the closest function is StrPrintF() but remember, not all
>the
> >format fields are supported, especially %f and %g from my experience.
>
>Out of curiousity,
>Is anyone on this list privy to (and able to share) the reasons why all the
>format fields were not implented?
The story is that there wasn't enough memory or CPU speed in the original
pilots for this. Conforming to a standard such as <stdio.h> has a cost to
it and Palm was not willing to pay the price. Palm's sell well because they
are easy to use and are inexpensive. Very few if any Palm device purchases
are made on the fact of conforming to standards like workstations or
cellphones.
Steve
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