On Thu, 2004-02-12 at 08:42, Laurens wrote: > Scott Johnson wrote: > > From: Alan Ingleby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Palm InfoCenter reports that Palm OS Developer Suite is now > >> available. I can't find it at the link they say it's at > >> Is this a mistake, or am I just blind? > > > > I'd call it a slight over-promise, but consistent with their history > > of releasing cool new stuff in person at the conference first. > > According to > > http://www.palmos.com/dev/tools/dev_suite.html -- > > When I first heard the news of this suite I assumed that it would use PRC > Tools in combination with CDT. However, the above-mentioned press release > says that "the Palm OS Developer Suite is a new tool chain from PalmSource, > Inc." Anyone have more info on this?
The new tool chain means precisely that. A new C/C++ compiler sitting underneath Eclipse. I know the C compiler was well advanced, but I remember hearing that the C++ compiler was lagging behind. I don't know the current status of these tools, as I'm not at the conference. I'm hopeful that the tools are going to be freely available (though I haven't heard anything different, I wouldn't put it past bean-counters to try to charge for it). I've also heard the the tool chain will produce binaries for all versions of the OS when coupled with the appropriate SDK (68K, 68K+ARM, ARM only, and up through OS 6). Other than that, we'll have to see what they release on their web site. -Ken -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
