At 2:31 PM -0700 7/13/01, Steve Sabram wrote:
>>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.
Actually, I think the reason was because those conversions were
simply not needed. The original Pilots were thought of to be
devices, and not so much as a platform. The decisions made were in
that light. At time went on and the devices turned into a platform,
conforming to standards became more important.
So the reason (as I understand it) was because of expediency in
getting the product out the door, not memory or CPU speed.
-- Keith
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