Keith, Any idea when the Palm OS 6.0 Simulator will be available?
Thanks, Mike --- Keith Rollin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 5:47 PM +0000 2/18/04, Jim Cooper wrote: > >Surely all I really need is the compiler, linker, debugger and make? > > Yeah, you'd think. But there's more than that. There's also the > additional compilers (68K, ARM, x86), debuggers (same), prc-tools, > additional new PalmSource tools (PRCMerge, GenerateXrd, PalmRC, > etc.), and all the libraries and utilities that all the tools rely > on. It all adds up. Personally, I opted to do a *full* cygwin > install first (which came to about 1.3GB, not the 300MB that Aaron > mentioned), but those installing cygwin from the Palm OS Developer > Suite installer get a much stripped down version. It's not the > absolute minimum, but some attempt was made to strip out unneeded > parts. > > >Although the PalmOS is a better OS, IMO, it has to be said that > >PocketPC has the better dev tools. VS.NET is **much** easier to use > >than anything for the PalmOS. Revelling in the fact that you're > >using command line tools is not doing anything to convince many > >people that programming for the Palm is a good idea. > > Keep in mind that systems like VS.NET are also based on command line > tools and (n)make. It's just that they're hidden by a GUI IDE built > on top of them. Falch.net did the same thing in the Palm world for > many years with Developer Studio. > > Palm OS Developer Suite attempts to do the same thing. When it's all > up and running, you'll never have to deal with command-line tools > and/or makefiles, even though that's what's being used underneath. > > >My boss in my new job is convinced that the PalmOS is doomed, purely > >because of that, and it's a common perception. Misguided perhaps (I > >hope!), but still common. > > I know all about your boss. Scott Adams emails me a comic strip > about him every day. :-) > > -- Keith Rollin > -- Development Tools engineer > > -- > For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please > see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/ __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard - Read only the mail you want. http://antispam.yahoo.com/tools -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
