On Wed, Oct 7, 2009 at 12:33 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 7, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
> And it has been done; many, many times, in fact. You've kept your > blinders on, and stuck to one platform for your career. Others, such > as Paul and I, have worked with several different platforms for our > careers. If I were a n00b looking for advice in this area, I'd tend to > listen to those who have actual experience in the field. ------------- There are many more languages past python, <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_programming_languages> I was painting the general picture instead of base everything about cross platform on ONE LANGUAGE. That was the point comparing M$ to ABS, was it not? All your eggs in one basket. I have been told numerous times that in C it is not as easy to port UI and calls to file structures are a PITA as well. I don't do C so I cannot vouch for the statements from a first hand experience. But the eye roll on a developer here pretty much confirms what I just said. My Q. was How hard is it to port a UI from Win32 to Linux in a base app in C. The facial expression said it all. Yes it can be done but he wants to separate everything between the two. Only making upgrades harder over the long haul. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
