Subject: Re: Cobalt porting: No longer single prc for all OS versions From: John Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 19:28:44 +0100
Linke, Andreas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:I've been programming Palm OS for 7 years now, but I can't remember such a radical change. There seems to be no attempt at compatibility, neither binary nor in source.
It seems to me that one summary of the things you've noted is "this is a new operating system".
I think the bigger issue is the lack of an attempt to facilitate one set of source code. Having different programs is less of an issue, though PalmSource have provided a way to have a bloated program that has 68K and ARM native versions within it.
I think that stating it as "lack of an attempt to facilitate one set of source code" is a bit of an exaggeration. There was actually a very extreme and massive attempt to facilitate just that. However, providing 100% source code compatibility was at odds with other goals, such as providing oft-asked features such as multi-threading and security.
What you are seeing is trade-offs being made between conflicting goals, not a lack of effort on anyone's part.
-- Keith Rollin -- Development Tools engineer
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